This monograph reviews and examines the theoretical background and literature published
so far for the mathematical modeling and simulation of the rubber vulcanization process …

Recently Michelin has been developing a new airless, integrated tire and wheel
combination called the Tweel® tire. The Tweel tire aims at performance levels beyond those …

Vulcanization has a great impact on the performance of rubber products, which is difficult to
analyze due to its complicated process and boundary conditions, especially for complex …

The production of tyres is one of the most energy consuming manufacturing activities in the
rubber sector. In the production cycle of a tyre, the curing operation has the maximum …

ABSTRACT A previously developed computer simulation technique was extended for the
optimization of the molding time of a thick rubber article in which a commercial finite element …

Vulcanization, or curing, is a very important process in producing useful rubber products.
The curing process takes place when heat is transferred to the rubber compounds inside a …

In this paper, a simulator for the tire curing processes is developed based on the finite
element method of an axisymmetric heat transfer problem for composite materials. The …

Due to the complexity of tire curing process and deficiency of the thermocouple method
itself, an effective method which would combine thermocouple method with finite element …

Vulcanization or curing is a very important process in producing useful rubber products. The
curing process takes place when heat is transferred to the rubber compounds inside a …

Vulcanization parameters significantly affect the performance of rubber seals and the energy
savings of the manufacturing process, which require a relationship between process …