About the Book
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.
Table of 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 Boshammer, 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, Oce 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
