April

A wide range of polymer materials with excellent performance and functionality has been developed in recent years to address diverse and complex material applications. Adhesives are one such example of these polymer materials. In general, adhesives are composed of a liquid substance (prepolymer) that is first used to fill in the rough surface of one substrate, and then the adhesive on the substrate is sandwiched by another substrate. Polymerization and crosslinking of the prepolymer in the adhesives are induced by heat or other external stimuli, leading to curing of the adhesives between substrates.

Effects of using hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomers (SEBS) to improve the properties of a foamed commodity polypropylene for automotive applications are presented.

This study evaluates the correlation between the energy consumption of wiper systems and wiper blade performance.

by Ben Chouchaoui, Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory.Non-tire applications and post-industrial scrap generated at manufacturing plants are addressed, and in all