Under the motto , “125 years of focusing on the future. For a world in motion, Rhein Chemie, a wholly owned subsidiary of the specialty chemicals group Lanxess, has presented its comprehensive portfolio of innovative solutions for tyre manufacturers at the Tire Technology Expo in Cologne, from February 11 to 13, 2014.
Amongst its showcased products include:
- Permanent bladder coatings, which enable tiyes to be vulcanised without the need for tyre spray solutions containing silicones, open up further possibilities for tire manufacturers to improve efficiency and quality. This is particularly beneficial when manufacturing highly complex products such as tyres with run-flat, self-sealing and noise-reducing properties;
- Rhenowave, a new quality control concept for black rubber compounds. To realise low scrap rates content, dispersion, and distribution of fillers and curing additives need to be evaluated quickly and representatively. This applies in particular to continuous processes. With Rhenowave, Rhein Chemie presents a new quality control concept for black compounds. During extrusion compounds are scanned by ultra-sonic sound in a pulse transmission process. A specially developed marker enables to scan the distribution of the curing additives.
Rhein Chemie also presented lectures at the show’s conference, covering the following:
- Inline quality control of black rubber compounds
- Bladder coating for clean tire production
- Creating a greener tyre sidewall
- Filled and unfilled polynorbornene rubber blends