About the Book
This eighth international conference was dedicated to the critical role of blowing agents in foamed plastics and rubber. Foamed materials are being enhanced to replace dense solid polymers, reducing weight and costs. Chemical and environmental legislation is constantly changing and the foams industry is adapting to meet demands. Do you know about the latest developments? If you are working with polymer foams and need to be at the cutting edge of research, these conference proceedings are for you.
Table of Contents:
SESSION 1. BLOWING AGENTS Paper 1 The usage of chemical foaming agents in technical polymers
Mirco Groseling & Jan-Erik Wegner, Clariant Masterbatches (Deutschland) GmbH, Germany Paper 2 Chemical blowing agents - properties and applications
Dr Lars Wahlen, Lehmann & Voss & Co. KG, Germany Paper 3 Expandable microspheres as foaming agent in thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers
Lena Jonsson, Expancel, Sweden SESSION 2. BLOWING GASES AND POLYURETHANE FOAMS Paper 4 Overview on methylal's use as a blowing agent for polyurethane foams
Michel Beaujean, Lambiotte & Cie SA, Belgium Paper 5 A revolutionary yet economical new blowing agent
John Murphy, Foam Supplies Inc., USA and Dennis Jones, BOC Ltd., UK Paper 6 HFC blown PUR in thermal insulation of existing building stock - an eco-efficiency study
Michael Marhold & Christoph Meurer, Solvay Fluor GmbH, Germany Paper 7 Rigid polyurethane foams blown under microwave irradiation
Aleksander Prociak, Dariusz Bogdal, Jan Pielichowski & Jaroslaw Dziadczyk, Cracow University of Technology, Poland SESSION 3. BIODEGRADABLE FOAMS Paper 8 Extrusion foaming of poly(lactic acid) blown with CO2: toward 100% green material
Joel Reignier, Richard Gendron & Dr Michel Champagne, Industrial Materials Institute, Canada Paper 9 Cellular structure of biodegradable nanocomposite foams
Carlo Marrazzo & Dr Ernesto Di Maio, University of Naples Federico II & Salvatore Iannace, Institute of Composite and Biomedical Materials (IMCB-CNR), Italy SESSION 4. PVC-U FOAM TECHNOLOGY Paper 10 Cellular PVC-U: current technology and future challenges
Dr Noreen Thomas, Loughborough University, UK SESSION 5. PEBAX FOAM Paper 11 Unique properties of non PO foams in general and polyetheramide in particular and the possibilities in roll foams
Dr. Ir. Remco Willemse, Sekisui Alveo BV, The Netherlands SESSION 6. POLYOLEFIN FOAM ADDITIVES Paper 12 Influence of catalyst scavengers on the foam structure of extruded PP foams
Karl Audenaerde & Johannes Lorenz, Kabelwerk Eupen AG, Belgium & Chul B. Park, Seong Gi Kim, Wanrudee Kaewmesri & Jantrawan Pumchusak, University of Toronto, Canada Paper 13 The effect of talcum particle diameter on the structure of PE foam sheets
Walter Michaeli & Holger Schumacher, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV), Germany SESSION 7. INJECTION MOULDING AND EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY Paper 14 New developments in foam injection molding
Christian Schlummer & Sasan Habibi-Naini, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd, Switzerland Paper 15 Screw fastening performance with microcellular foam
Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Kolshorn, Trexel GmbH, Germany Paper 16 Direct gassing by extrusion using environment-friendly blowing agents
Joachim Meyke, Berstorff GmbH, Germany SESSION 8. POLYOLEFIN FOAMS Paper 17 Innovative manufacture of olefin foams
Alexander E.S. Clarke, Alan Nesbitt, Richard J. Day & Geoffrey L.A. Sims, School of Materials & Zhipeng Wu, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK Paper 18 Tailor made polyolefin foams: an answer to customers' requirements
M.A. Rodriguez-Perez, M. Alvarez-Lainez, J.L. Ruiz-Herrero & J.A. de Saja, University of Valladolid, Spain Paper 19 Extending PP's foamability through tailored melt strength and crystallisation kinetics
Jin Wang & Chul B. Park, University of Toronto, Canada & Manfred Stadlbauer, Rick Folland & Wilhelmina Pirgov, Borealis GmbH, Austria Paper 20 Effect of recycling on polymer foaming
Eddy Twite Kabamba & Denis Rodrigue, Laval University, Canada SESSION 9. STUDIES ON FOAMING PROCESSES Paper 21 Thermodynamics of the blowing agent and structure development in polymeric foams
Professor J.T. Lindt, University of Pittsburgh, USA Paper 22 Time resolved bubble nucleation in polymer foams
Timothy J. Francis, Erik Wasner, Jens Rieger, Andre Moreira, Peter Schuler & Pedro Lopez, BASF AG, Germany Paper 23 Methods for the analysis of foam structures
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Walter Michaeli & Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Tondorf, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV), Germany Paper 24 Foaming analysis of extruded PP/PS interpolymer
Leonard Kareko, Dr Shau-Tarng Lee, Dr N.S. Ramesh & Kevin Lee, Sealed Air Corporation, USA
