The participants made this experience again this year at the mixing workshop organized by Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V. (German Institute for Rubber Technology), Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft e.V. (German Rubber Society) and Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH.
From 11th to 13th May 2016, the eighteenth “Mixing of Rubber Compounds” Seminar took place with fifty participants from thirteen countries and three continents. Delegates had the opportunity to widen their theoretical and practical knowledge in the production of rubber compounds.
The technical knowledge gained by delegates at the seminar could be put to use and implemented during a series of mixing trials carried out in the Technical Center of Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH. This was supported by HF and the employees of MonTech, who tested the mixing results with the help of their material testing machine.
Three German and three international groups faced a range of challenges in a mixed competition consisting of three trials on two different laboratory mixers (tangential mixer GK 4N and intermeshing mixer GK 5E). The aim was to produce high-quality mixing in the shortest possible time.
With all the theoretical knowledge gained, participants were ready to improve their next mixing attempt with the help of the analysis results and data measured on the mixer.
