In answer to your question regarding plasticiser content, the answer is yes. As a rule of thumb 2 parts change in plasticiser content = 1 point change in hardness.
FTIR and GCMS can be run at the same time so those tests are needed to ID the polymer, I would also order a TGA to ID the quantities of filler and softeners present. The only organic filler likely to be present is carbon black so I would ignore that test and I wouldn't bother trying to ID any...
Alex is correct. Your response, Max, was highly informative and I learned a lot from it. For that reason, I awarded you a Little Pink Star.
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Thanks Tmoon.
Fill factors in the range of 65% or so are normally used for intermeshing rotor machines. If you have the true Banbury style rotors then you should be operating with a fill factor of about 75 - 80% for 2-wing rotors and 80 - 85% for 4-wing rotors.
From my experience, your s'...
1. Are you talking about the indicated drop temperature or actual bulk material temperature when you mention drop temps?
2. What equipment do you use below the mixer for cooling/sheeting off?
3. I should have asked this before - what make and model is your mixer and what fill factor do you...
Ram raise just to vent? 5 seconds or so.
Upside down mixing: Master - no ram raises for venting until about 3 mins into mix. Then just 1 or 2 max.
Final: I wouldn't vent during a final mix.
Single pass: Same as master batch mix.
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You've more or less answered your own question tmoon42. Raising the ram allows you to add other ingredients at different times during the mix cycle as well as allowing volatiles and moisture to escape. Additionally, raising (or floating) the ram reduces the pressure on the mix and, thus...
Tom, I have a complete set of these. The question is how to email them to you as I think we're not allowed to give each other our email addresses.
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Butyl should be fine with most soap (surfactant) solutions but I go along with what btrueblood has said. Test a small piece in a sample of the surfactant, diluted to the usual strength, first to check if the rubber swells.
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Try standing some of the rubber in normal gasolene for a few hours. If the rubber becomes very soft and sticky, gasolene is your answer, if it doesn't then you need some other solvent.
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2 very good posts there btrueblood. Thanks for responding to Thais' request for clarification. I would have answered exactly the same.[thumbsup2]
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One other important point to remember is that Teflon will not adhere to natural rubber so some form of mechanical bonding is required here also.
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Well done, problem solved then. Just remember not to exceed about 0.8phr sulfur in your formulation and not to exceed about 100°C for the batch temperature when the sulfur has been mixed in, otherwise you'll start to get sulfur bloom again.
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