INTERNAL MIXERS - A NEW APPROACH TO COMPOUND TPE

摘要

The generation of process knowledge for the discontinuous compounding of TPE in internal mixers enabling companies of the rubber industries to produce TPE with defined material properties is the aim of the presented project.The properties of TPE strongly depend on its morphology. To adjust the material properties during the mixing in an internal mixer, it is important to understand how the morphology is influenced. Therefore, the melting of the thermoplastic phase and the dynamic vulcanisation of the elastomeric phase are investigated in dependence of the process parameters. The morphology of the TPE is then correlated with the material properties.