DISPERSION CONTROL FOR INDUSTRIAL RUBBER MANUFACTURERS

The most important reason for a rubber manufacturer to start up and sy stematically work with dispersion is to achieve better process economy without infringing on quality expectations. Having agreed upon the ap propriate quality level for each application, continuous measurements detect changes in the manufacturing process caused by e.g, wear and te ar of the equipment. The basic concept is to use a minimum of effort b ut still meet the customers' expectations regarding process homogeneit y, good dispersion and absence of large agglomerates. The paper gives a brief review on existing methods with focus on new experiences for d ispersion control, based on rubber manufacturers' established methods for filler dispersion and large agglomerate detection.