Cost Reduction in Rubber Processing

SECTION 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1. Cost Cutting as Driving Force : Economic Considerations (Volker Groth)
2. Overhead Cost Reduction in Rubber Manufacturing (Hans-Joachim Graf)
3. Rubber Product Quality Cost (Jan Schiemann)
4. A Global Approach to Cost Savings in the Rubber Industry (Armin Niehaus)
5. Design of Experiments (DoE): An Excellent Cost Cutting Tool (RJ Del
Vecchio)
SECTION 2: RAW MATERIALS
6. Cost Comparison between Molded Rubber and TPV Parts (Robert Achatz)
7. Material Cost Reduction in Rubber Processing (Hans-Joachim Graf)
8. Rubber Recycling : A Solution to a Threat (Jacob Peled)
9. Effect of Thermoset Waste Powder on Cure Characteristics, Physico-
Mechanical and Swelling Properties of Natural Rubber/Styrene Butadiene
Rubber Vulcanizates (Roopa S, Nischay KS, Siddaramaiah)
10. Specialty Silica for Processing Improvement and Reduction of Mixing
Energy (Andrea Freitag, Gerd Schmaucks)
SECTION 3: MACHINERY & MOLDS
11. Cost Reduction in the Rubber Mixing Room (Andreas Limper, Ian Wilson)
12. Cost Reduction via Rubber Compound Filtration (Peter Uth)
13. Injection Molding Machines : Contribution to Cost Reduction (Peter Steinl)
14. Material and Energy Efficiency in Rubber Molding (Martin Schuermann)
SECTION 4: PROCESSING & PARTS
15. Understanding Complex Inter-Relationships of Rubber Processing Parameters (Van T Walworth)
16. Process Cost Reduction in Rubber Injection Molding (Hans-Joachim Graf)
17. Injection Molding Cost Leadership (Peter Ryzko)
18. Electron Beam Uses and Potential Application for Increasing Productivity and Reduction of Manufacturing Cost (Michael
Larkin)
19. Cost Improvement Potentials in Tyre Manufacturing Mixing Plant (Gerard Nijman)
SECTION 5: AUTOMATION & SIMULATION
20. Simulation Tools for Cost Reduction in Rubber Processing (Timo Gebauer)
21. Computer Automation System to Reduce Processing Cost (Axel Potthoff)
SECTION 6: LATEX PROCESSING
22. Cost Saving Thoughts in Latex Dipping Industry (Anil Skariah)