Rubber Division, ACS, will be presenting the following training courses at our facility in Cerritos, California (16511 Carmenita Road) May 16-19. Register today!
Understanding Raw Materials, the Building Blocks of Rubber Compounding
May 16 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: John Dick, Consultant
CEUs: 0.7
Cost: $640 member; $785 non-member; or $215 Student Member
This one-day course provides a current overview of the raw material supply chain for the $220 billion rubber industry. It is based on the book titled Raw Materials Supply Chain for Rubber Products published by Hanser Publications (book included in the course fee).
The goal of this course is to explain why these various rubber chemicals, polymers and raw materials are actually used, what comparative advantages they provide the rubber industry and what competing uses they have in other industries.
The instructor will review the present changes and possible future effects of these changes internationally. These new directions can cause raw material supply chain disruptions to rubber producers, custom mixers, rubber fabricators, molders, extruders and others. The chemical connectivity of rubber compounding materials to their chemical feed stocks will also be presented.
On completion of this course, the participants should be able to directly link new commercial changes in 175 commonly used chemical feed stocks to hundreds of different rubber compounding ingredients.
Compounding for Performance
May 17 and 18 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructors: John Dick, Consultant, and Rick Ziebell of RDAbbott
CEUs: 1.4
Cost: $1160 member; $1305 non-member; or $310 student member
This two-day course is for both entry-level and seasoned rubber technologists alike. The class will provide an intensive overview of rubber compounding for product performance and is based on the book Rubber Technology: Compounding and Testing for Performance, 2nd Ed., by Hanser Publications. (The textbook is included in the price of the course.)
This class is geared toward rubber compounders, rubber chemists, process engineers, product engineers, laboratory managers, R & D scientists, technical service representatives and material suppliers.
Solving Problems in Rubber Compounding and Processing
May 19 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructors: John Dick, Consultant, and Rick Ziebell of RDAbbott
CEUs: 0.7
Cost: $640 member; $785 non-member; or $215 student member
This course is crucial for anyone in the rubber compounding field. It provides an in-depth look at processing problems in mixing, extrusion, calendering and molding. Statistics and methodologies for solving factory problems and case studies are covered as well. Participants’ current processing problems can be discussed with the instructors.
This course includes a copy of the book How to Improve Rubber Compounds, 2nd Ed., by Hanser Publications.
If you have any questions about these courses, please contact Christie Robinson at [email protected].
