Unit 1 General Applications of Rubber

3 lecture hours

• Application of rubber in civil
• electrical and other engineering field

Unit 2 Rubber Band

4 lecture hours

• Compound design
• Manufacturing process

Unit 3 Rubber Slipper Sole

• Key points
• Compounding & manufacturing process
• Problems occurred during manufacturing

Unit 4 Cellular Rubber

4 lecture hours

• Difference between sponge & Expanded Rubber
• Compounding Manufacturing of sponge rubber
• Manufacture of expanded rubber

Unit 5 Latex Dipped Goods

5 lecture hours

• the principle latex dipping processes
• production of articles by latex dipping processes
• Design of latex compound for latex dipping processes
• Design of latex compounds for latex dipping processes

Unit 6 Latex moulding and Casting

5 lecture hours

• Outline latex-moulding and casting processes
• Latex-moulding processes using plaster moulds
• Latex-moulding processes using metal moulds
• Other latex moulding and casting processes
• After-treatments for latex mouldings and castings

Unit 7 Latex Foam Rubber

• General Principles
• underline formulation of latex compounds for manufacture of latex foam rubber
• The Dunlop Process
• Production of Latex foam rubber from heat sensitized latices
• The talalay process
• Physical properties of latex foam rubber. 05 Subject Code: 3162610 w.e.f

Unit 8 Latex thread

3 lecture hours

• Manufacture of vulcanized rubber thread from latices
• Manufacture of rubber tapes and tubes from latices

Unit 9 Latex and cement

3 lecture hours

• general considerations
• Advantages of latex-cement compositions over conventional concrete in flooring applications
• Latex-cement compositions

Unit 10 Latex and paper

4 lecture hours

• Beater or wet-addition of latices to paper pulp
• paper saturation using latices
• paper coating using latex containing compounds

Unit 11 Latex & Textiles

5 lecture hours

• Latex spreading
• combining and doubling
• Lattices as binders for non woven fabrics
• Latex Carpet Backing
• Lattices in Carpet underlay materials

Unit 12 Latex Based Adhesives

4 lecture hours

• Formulatery principles for latex based adhesives
• Latex based adhesives for Paper
• Leather & wood
• plastics & glass

Unit 13 Miscellaneous applications of latices

5 lecture hours

• Manufacture of latex-bonded fiber pads
• Applications of latices to brickwork and masonry
• Applications of latices as bituminous substances
• Catalytic applications of latices
• Use of latices in drug-delivery systems