Silicone Elastomers 2006

Softcover  20 papers  ISBN 9781847350022      £100.00

Silicone elastomers are important materials for many application areas such as automotive, electric and electronics, gaskets, domestic appliances, fabric coatings (e.g. airbags), baby bottle teats, and medical devices. They are increasingly being used to substitute for organic rubbers, because of their advantageous properties, such as high and low temperature stability, inertness (no smell or taste), low toxicity, colorability and transparency, combined with good electrical properties. The hardness range is wide, from 10-80 Shore A.

Silicones have been in use in medical applications for over 30 years because of their long-term stability and biocompatibility. High gas permeability is a positive property in many medical devices; silicones have up to 400 times the permeability of butyl rubber at room temperature. They are also used in cosmetic applications, where their colorability and sensory properties are important (a soft, skin-like touch and appearance can be achieved).

These proceedings from Rapra€s first international conference on Silicone Elastomers will be of interest to rubber manufacturers and technologists, with a common interest in silicone elastomer materials, applications and technology.

Contents

SESSION 1: TRENDS AND GROWTH IN SILICONE ELASTOMERS

• Paper 1 Silicone elastomers: introduction and basic considerations Barry Statham, Polymer Consultant, UK
• Paper 2 Silicone expansion: trend indicators for growth in the silicone elastomer market Thomas Tangney & Rachelle Jacques, Dow Corning Corporation, Germany

SESSION 2: FOOD CONTACT STUDIES

• Paper 3 The use of GCXGC-TOFMS and LC-MS for the determination of migrants from silicone rubbers into food simulants and food products Dr Martin Forrest, Dr SR Holding, D Howells and M Eardley Rapra Technology, UK

SESSION 3: SILICONE ELASTOMER MATERIALS

• Paper 4 Silicone rubber: the material of choice to meet new challenges Dr Hans Peter Wolf, Dow Corning Corporation, Germany
• Paper 5 Fluorinated silicone elastomers in automotive applications Oliver Franssen & Dr Stephan Boßhammer, GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co.KG, Germany
• Paper 6 Influence of the network structure of silicone rubber on time-dependent autohesion as mechanism for self-healing Marek Mikrut & JWM Noordermeer, University of Twente & G Verbeek, Océ Technologies BV, The Netherlands

SESSION 4: LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER

• Paper 7 The five elements to run a successful LSR process Kurt Manigatter, ELMET Elastomere Produktions und Dienstleistungs GmbH, Germany
• Paper 8 2-Component injection moulding of LSR Clemens Trumm, GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
• Paper 9 Machine technology for processing LSR Dipl Ing Wolfgang Roth, Battenfeld, GmbH, Austria
• Paper 10 LSR processing with electric driven injection moulding machines - application and experiences Dipl Ing (FH) Martin Neff, ARBURG GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
• Paper 11 Innovative machine systems for moulding LSR components Ing Leo Praher, ENGEL Austria GmbH, Austria

SESSION 5: PROCESSING SILICONE ELASTOMERS

• Paper 12 New developments in silicone processing Ubaldo Colombo, Colmec SpA, Italy
• Paper 13 Machine, mould and process technology for processing HTV silicones Manfred Arning, Esitec, Germany

SESSION 6: ADDITIVES AND FINISHING FOR SILICONE ELASTOMERS

• Paper 14 New opportunities for using silicone rubber Dr Maike Benter, Nanon A/S, Denmark
• Paper 15 Colours in silicone: the visible additive Thomas Klehr, Holland Colours, The Netherlands
• Paper 16 Bonding silicone elastomers Aissa Benarous & Dr Keith Worthington, Technical Advisor, Chemical Innovations Ltd, UK
• Paper 17 Acetone cure 1-part RTVs € non-corrosive silicone adhesives that perform Sean Stoodley, ACC Silicones Europe, UK

SESSION 7: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SILICONE ELASTOMERS

• Paper 18 Pharmaceutical and medical device applications of novel silicones Prof David S Jones, Queen€s University of Belfast, UK
• Paper 19 Silicone elastomer gels for medical devices: viscoelasticity and performance Dr Gilles Lorentz, Delphine Blanc & Ludovic Odoni, Rhodia Research & Technology CRTL, France
• Paper 20 Hydrophilization of silicone rubber for biomedical applications Farhang Abbasi & Kyoumars Jalili, Sahand University of Technology, Iran