Rubber Processing Equipment Design
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The official GTU curriculum for Rubber Processing Equipment Design (subject code ME01088041) as prescribed for RT · Semester 1 divides the course into 7 units, covering 46 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01088041)Unit 1 Introduction
- Rubber processing equipments for mixing
- fabrication and curing
- importance of rheology of rubber for design
Unit 2 Twin screw extruder
- history and development of the co-rotating twin screw extruder
- geometry of co-rotating twin screw extruder-conveying and kneading
- pressure generation and energy inputs
- mixing and dispersing
- screw elements
Unit 3 Computational fluid dynamics
- applications for design
Unit 4 Rubber Extruder die design
- thermodynamic and rheological material data for design
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Post Graduate Branch: Rubber Technology Course / Subject Code :ME01088041 Course / Subject Name : Rubber Processing Equipment Design computation of viscous press losses
- formulas for isothermal computations
- approaches to non-isothermal computations
- estimations of the peak temperature
- consideration of the elastic behavior of the material
- design of distributor die and slotted die, pressure losses
- extrudate swelling
Unit 5 Mechanic design of extrusion die
- Design of a breaker plate
- design of a die with axially symmetrical flow channels
- design of a slit die, general design rules, and materials for extrusion dies
Unit 6 Cure of Rubber in Mold
- Rubber–Mold Relation
- Process of Heating and Cure
- Mathematical Treatment
- Numerical Treatment of the Problem
- Effect of the Position of the Heating System
- Mold–Rubber System
- Results Obtained for the Cure of the Rubber Sheet
- Effect of the Thickness of the Rubber Sheet
- Effect of the Enthalpy of Cure
- Effect of the Temperature on the Cure
- Effect of the Kinetic Parameters of the Cure
- Effect of the Order of the Overall Reaction
- Effect of the Activation Energy
- Effect Post cure of a Rubber Sheet
- Cure of Rubber–Metal Sandwiches
- Theoretical Study of the Process of Cure
- Theoretical Approach of the Process
Unit 7 Cure of Rubber with Injection Molding
- Principles of the Technique
- Evaluation of the Operational Conditions in the Injection System
- Heating Stage in the Reservoir before Injection
- Injection Stage of the Rubber in the Mold
- Results for the Heating Stage in the Reservoir
- Heating Stage and Cure in the Mold
- Theoretical for the Stage of Cure in the Mold
- Results by Calculation
- Conclusions on Injection Molding
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