One-day Seminar

Quality of Elastomer Products – From the Mixture to the Finished Part

About the Seminar

In this seminar, Timo Richter provides a well-founded overview of the complete manufacturing chain of technical elastomer parts. A special focus is placed on component quality and all relevant process steps that have a particularly critical effect on the quality of the final product.

In the course of the seminar, Timo Richter also discusses in detail the reasons for the particular complexity of elastomer processing and how processing companies deal with this. Finally, he highlights the main reasons for the comparatively high quality fluctuations most elastomer products are subject to.

Upcoming seminar date: 14 November 2024
Seminar fee: 695 Euro + VAT
Venue: Training centre Elastomer Training Richter, Reinhold-Würth-Straße 5, 74360 Ilsfeld

Your Seminar Instructor

Dipl.-Ing. Timo Richter

After studying mechanical engineering at KIT Karlsruhe, Timo Richter worked for a global manufacturer of technical elastomer products for several years. His responsibilities included coordinating the cooperation between central process development, materials development and toolmaking with several domestic and foreign production sites. For the last two years, he was responsible for implementing customer requirements as a product manager in the Life Science division. Timo Richter has been working as a consultant at O-Ring Prüfabor Richter since 2018 and was appointed Managing Director in 2020.

Contact

O-Ring Prüflabor Richter GmbH
Kleinbottwarer Str. 1, 71723 Großbottwar
TEL +49 (0) 7148 16602-0
FAX +49 (0) 7148 16602-299

The Seminar Programme

Morning

Seminar duration 8.30 a.m. to approx. 4.15 p.m. including lunch break
Materials framework conditions for elastomer processing
  • Structure of elastomers
  • Common polymers and their properties
  • The most important elastomer test methods
The production of the compounds
  • Ingredients of a rubber composition
  • The rolling mill
  • The blending plant
  • Disturbances in the production of compounds
  • Control of the mixing process
  • Quality of rubber compounds
Molding and vulcanization – Part 1
  • Vulcanization process
  • Extrusion
  • Calendering
  • Pressing process, functionality, variations & important parameters
Lunch break and end of the morning session

Afternoon

Seminar duration 8.30 a.m. to approx. 4.15 p.m. including lunch break
Molding and vulcanization – Part 2
  • Injection molding process, functionality, variations & important parameters
  • Production of composite parts (rubber-metal & rubber-fabric)
  • Quality in the molding process
  • Tool design, tool coating and tool cleaning
Post-processing and final inspection
  • Manual and automatic deburring processes
  • Tempering
  • Washing and drying
  • Manual final inspection
  • Control automats, possibilities and limitations
Manufacturing defects and their causes
Auditing of an elastomer company
  • Structure of an elastomeric company
  • Typical Goods Receipt Inspections
  • Question Catalog Auditing
Final discussion and end of the seminar