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Article: Tackless processing aid. (Materials).
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- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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* reduces tack
* improves mold release
A proprietary mix of alkanes and alkanols, off-white in color and soft-solid at room temperature, provides a processing aid suitable for applications such as automotive mechanical rubber goods (MRG), footwear, electronic EPDM/plastics, and other rubber/plastic combinations.
By adding MoldWiz INT-1117EL to the recipe, an automotive manufacturer has improved the processing and release of foam weather-stripping used in recent car models. INT-l1l7EL is banbury or roll milled into the SB rubber recipe at quantities from 0.5 - 2.5 phr. This formulation of alkanes and alkanols reduces tack in milling, along with ...