The Rubber Division announces April Learning Opportunities
Akron, OH – The Rubber Division ACS announces the following Learning Opportunities for April.
Register is now open for all upcoming trainings. Members receive $100 off of each course and free registration for all webinars.
April 1 – Course: Sponge Rubber 101
April 2 – Webinar: How to Create & Deliver Scientific Presentations
April 8 – Course: Mixing & Testing for Compound Consistency
April 9 – Course: Setting Up a Rubber Molding Process
April 15 – Webinar: Communicate & Captivate – Your Guide to Engaging Connections
April 17 – Webinar: The Function & Selection of Ester Plasticizers
April 24 – Course: Processing & Testing of Rubber
April 30 – Webinar: U.S. Regulatory Compliance in the Rubber Industry
Featured Training:
April 1 – Course: Sponge Rubber 101 – Instructor: Richard Strong, President, Elastomeric Consulting Services LLC
This course was developed for those who currently make flexible cellular elastomer products and wish to expand their knowledge or students wanting to gain insights into these materials and how they can be used. This course will offer an overview of cellular material’s terminology, potential applications, economics, specifications, raw materials and compound construction. Additionally, there will be a review of the various processes used to produce cellular elastomer products, including mixing, various types of extrusion and molding.
April 9 – Course: Setting Up a Rubber Molding Process – Instructor: F. Joseph Walker, Elastomer Technologies
This program is designed to show how to establish a rubber molding process based on cross link density. The course is designed to show the influence of cross link density on mechanical properties, as well as its influence on de-molding. The overall focus is the design of a rubber molding process that yields the most consistent properties.
Course Content:
• selection of the correct polymer characteristics to match the molding process
• understanding curing of rubber
• how to measure cure state
• relationship between cure state and physio-mechanical properties
• role of mold temperature and its variation reduction
• heat transfer models in predicting cure time
• insert molding
• selecting mold release
• post mold curing
• verification of the molding process
April 15 – Webinar: Communicate & Captivate – Your Guide to Engaging Connections – Instructor: Leslie Ungar, Communications Expert & President of Electric Impulse Communications
“It’s not enough to merely know. One must know and do.” Come to this interactive workshop to learn, do and have fun.
“So, what do you do?” It’s the question most people dread whether they are asked at a networking event or on an airplane. It seems like we are asked to communicate our worth in 30 seconds!
Attend this workshop and you will:
learn how to answer this question and other “spokes” on the communication wheel.
be prepared to say YES to your next opportunity to deliver a formal presentation.
learn how to be engaged during meetings even when you think you have nothing to add.
find out how to be stellar in three minutes.
meet the 2025 guidelines for effective PowerPoints.
be 100% prepared for your next zoom session.
This interactive workshop is different than a webinar or a zoom session. You will learn by doing and by observing others in real time. More than theory, you will learn specific steps that you can implement to be your best you.
For more information visit https://www.rubber.org/training