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

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 …

Artificial neural network (ANN) technique has emerged as a powerful tool which can be used
for many scientific and/or engineering applications such as process control and system …

According to the vulcanization kinetic equation of natural rubber (NR) established in the
isothermal situation, the numerical computation expression of the degree of cure under non …

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 …

In a tyre vulcanization workshop (TVWS), the faults of steam traps and insulating layers
usually lead to great heat loss and significantly lower energy efficiency. These faults tend to …

During the manufacturing of car body joints, many thermal processes are usually used to
obtain the end product. Among these processes, infrared technology is widely employed …

The curing process of rubber fender was investigated. A parabola model was put forward for
the first time, which described variation of rubber thermal properties such as heat conduction …

The characterization of rubber compounds is a necessary step for simulating rubber
products manufacturing processes. We study experimentally and model computationally …