Rubber Products:Technology and Cost Optimization

by: Bireswar Banerjee (Editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter

Publication Date: 19 Feb. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 490 pages

ISBN-10: 311066724X

ISBN-13: 9783110667240

Book Description

Rubber Products describes cost-effective and environmentally friendly technologies in the field of rubber. The book covers rubber compounding, innovations in rubber-based products, devulcanisation of cured rubber and provides lean management techniques. It explains the commercial advantages of graphene-rubber nanocomposites, details the morphology of most common reinforcing carbon blacks and explores innovative applications of rubber in automotive and Defence sectors. The title is also discussing potential alteative technologies which could disrupt the rubber industry in the future. All chapters are written by prominent rubber scientists from both the industry and academia.