Rubber processing course planned. (Meetings)."Mixing and processing of rubber" is the title of a short course, sponsored by the University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a , to be held May 30-31 at the Akron Polymer Training Center in Akron, OH. Participants will learn the science and technique of the crafts of rubber compounding and processing during this course. Expert designers and processors who teach this class will help participants to cut through the mysteries of rubber mixing, forming, testing and molding, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the sponsor. Participants will be able to reliably predict and control processing conditions and product uniformity, thus controlling costs, according to the sponsor. This course will confront day-to-day mixing and processing problems. Technical presentations on Thursday, May 30, will include the following: "Assuring quality in rubber processing," Peter Johnson Peter Johnson (born 1940[1]), is a Birkenhead based business man and football investor. The son of a butcher, Johnson helped build the family business into Park Foods, the leading supplier of Christmas hampers in the early 1990's. , processing consultant; "Rubber compounding," John Byers, Byers Rubber Consulting; "Dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. and distribution of the rubber compound," John Byers; "Milling Technology," Peter Johnson; "Mixing Technology," Peter Johnson; "Mixing machinery - comparison of internal mixers," K. Guenther Heiss, Krupp Rubber Machinery; and "Control and productivity of internal mixers," Guy Rowland, G.O. Rowland & Associates. Technical presentations on Friday, May 31, will include the following: "Mixing and processing aids," John Vanderkooi, Struktol; "Rheology and testing instruments," John Dick, Alpha Technologies; "Extrusion of rubber," Tom Dudek, University of Akron; "Molding Technology," John Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
Registration for this course costs $900. Further information is available from Tayba Tahir (330) 972-8661. |
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