Ohio Rubber Group

Winter Technical Meeting
2023-01-24 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg, OH, 8971 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, Ohio, 44078
Agenda:
4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales
4:30 – Technical Presentations
6:00 – Social Hour
7:00 – Dinner
Advanced Reservations: $35 each ***Without prior reservation: $40 each (limited number available)
Email reservations to Mary Puskas at mpuskas@littlern.com OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group, PO Box 341, Bath, OH 44210
Winter Technical Meeting Reservation Form

Technical Presentations:
****Please turn off cell phones during the presentations****

“A Rheological Approach to Liquid Silicone Resins”
Richard Hanzlik, Applications Engineer, Alpha Technologies. Richard is also our 2022 Paul Glasgow Memorial ORG Member Scholarship Award winner.
The market for silicones and Liquid silicone resins is predicted to grow rapidly over the coming years. These materials can be extremely useful due to their unmatched optical clarity, chemical/ thermal stability, and ability to be injection molded into complex structures. However, optimizing formulations and process conditions can be a bit of a guessing game. The question “what is this silicone’s viscosity?” is a frequently asked one, and the answer is, “it depends.” In this observational study we will evaluate how a Rubber process analyzer can be used to predict the viscosity of LSR’s across a range of shear rates, temperatures, and states of cure.

“Sustainable EPDM Rubber, Expanding the Keltan® Eco Family”
Pete Spanos, Sr. Technical Manager, Arlanxeo North America.
Keltan® Eco, a bio-sourced EPDM with a 10-year commercial history, can be a part of the solution when it comes to the challenge of sustainably produced rubber products. In addition, we explore how a new approach based on ISCC+ certification is helping meet sustainability goals.

“What Can Gummy Bears Teach Us About Biological Elastomers?”
Justin Barone, Biological Systems Engineering, Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech
Many organisms utilize biological elastomers for efficient motion. Biological elastomers are very efficient because they are able to return a large portion of an imposed strain energy. Biological elastomers do not exist by themselves but instead are surrounded by water and other molecules like sugars and salts. The surrounding environment can affect the biological elastomer performance. Here, results are presented that show different sugars can affect elastomer modulus and efficiency. The studied biological elastomers can be used to construct bioinspired devices that respond to their environment over time.

Fall Social Event
2022-10-21 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Conrad Botzum Farmstead, 3486 Riverview Rd., Akron, OH, 44313
Join us for a fun evening of social networking to welcome Fall.
Bring your significant other, guest, or customer. Tickets are $35 per person.
Cornhole Tournament
Food, Drinks, Bonfire & Live Music
See Flyer for more information: Fall Event 2022 Flyer
Please register by October 7 by filling out this Registration Form, and sending to Mary Puskas.

Fall Technical Meeting
2022-09-27 16:00 - 21:00 UTC | Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg, OH, 8971 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, Ohio, 44078
Agenda:
4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales
4:30 – Technical Presentations
6:00 – Social Hour
7:00 – Dinner
Advanced Reservations: $35 each ***Without prior reservation: $40 each (limited number available)
Information and Reservations Page
Email reservations to Mary Puskas at mpuskas@littlern.com OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group, PO Box 341, Bath, OH 44210

Technical Presentations:
****Please turn off cell phones during the presentations****

Simultaneous Determination of Additive Concentration in Rubber Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy
Stephen Merriman, ORG Scholarship Recipient, PhD Candidate, Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
Using attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for direct quantitative analysis is highly desirable for many sample systems due to advantages such as rapid spectra collection and being completely nondestructive. However, formulated rubber represents a complex sample matrix for which the feasibility of direct quantitative analysis using ATR-FTIR is uncertain. The commonly used Beer-Lambert law may not be applicable, besides sample related complexities such as inhomogeneity, variable optical properties, or heavily overlapping absorption bands. In this work, we considered fully formulated vulcanized rubber with carbon black or silica as the primary filler as our system of interest. We developed a method to simultaneously quantify the concentration of three different antidegradents of similar chemical structure directly on rubber samples using ATR-FTIR spectra. Results show that absorbance follows the Beer-Lambert law well for the range of antidegradent concentrations considered. Despite this, a direct application of the Beer-Lambert law to deconvolute overlapping peaks between antidegradents proved insufficient. Through the application of partial least squares (PLS) multivariate analysis, remarkable prediction accuracy of within about 0.15 wt% error for all three antidegradents was achieved for both types of rubber formulations, even with high levels of carbon black. These results show the value this method has for quantitative analysis of additives in rubber. Our investigation highlights the potential usefulness of FTIR spectroscopy in general for rapid quantitative analysis directly on samples of interest without any prior chemical separation.

Cyber Security
Todd E. Riley, CISM, Cyber Security Manufacturing Leader, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
We will discuss cyber security while at home, work and traveling that you should consider to protect your data and assets. We will review a few notorious business incidents, significant impacts experienced, the growing cyber threats we face today, and a review of some basic security considerations. Covered will be cyber regulations, portable storage device use, vulnerability management, firewalls, password strength, multiple factor authentication, email address use, privacy, reporting suspicious behaviors, email red flags, business email compromise, process controls, software installation/updates, phishing, public WIFI, bluetooth, and social media use. In summary, cyber security is everyone’s responsibility. Slow down and think before you click.

Late Summer Golf Outing - August 29, 2022
2022-08-29 07:00 - 20:30 UTC | Silver Lake Country Club, 1325 Graham Rd, Stow, Ohio, 44224
Event Information
Call for Sponsors
Registration Form
There will be two shotgun starts: AM group – 8:00 AM (Play Your Own Ball) and PM group – 1:30 PM (Scramble)
Any morning player will have the opportunity to play an additional round in the afternoon for an additional $75.
Entry Fee of $165 includes golf, lunch and dinner.
Entry form must be received with payment by August 22, 2022.
Schedule of Activities:
7:00 AM Bag Drop – Morning Shotgun Registration Opens
7:15 AM Driving Range Opens
8:00 AM MORNING SHOTGUN
9:30 AM Bag Drop – Afternoon Shotgun
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM AFTERNOON SHOTGUN
6:00 PM Cocktails! (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Prize Awards

Summer Golf Outing
2022-06-14 09:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Yankee Run Golf Course, 7610 Warren-Sharon Rd., Brookfield, Ohio, 44403
Shotgun Start – 9:30 am
4 Golfer Scramble
Cost: $125 per person*
* Includes golf with cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, door prize, raffle ticket, skill awards and prizes.
Mulligan cards are available for an additional $5 each.
Registration Form deadline: June 6, 2022
Registration Forms and Corporate Hole Sponsor Forms
******Even if you don’t golf, join us for dinner!
DINNER ONLY: $40 (Catered by “Terrible Tom’s Barbeque”)
For those needing accommodations in Warren, rooms are available at the Avalon Inn and Resort.
Make reservations directly with the Avalon Inn & Resort at 800-828-2566.
Yankee Run Golf Course
7610 Warren-Sharon Rd.
Brookfield, OH 44403
330-448-8096

Spring Technical Meeting
2022-04-12 16:00 - 21:00 UTC | Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg, OH, 8971 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, Ohio, 44078
Agenda:
4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales
4:30 – Technical Presentations
6:00 – Social Hour
7:00 – Dinner
Advanced Reservations: $35 each ***Without prior reservation: $40 each (limited number available)
Email reservations to Mary Puskas at mpuskas@littlern.com OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group, PO Box 341, Bath, OH 44210
Spring Technical Meeting Information and Reservation Form

Technical Presentations:
****Please turn off cell phones during the presentations****

General Considerations in Failure Analysis of Rubber and Plastics
Dr. Jason Poulton, Senior Technical Advisor, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory
Rubber and plastics will fail in a variety of unexpected fashions. A sound approach to assigning a root cause to a failure is almost always based on the foundation of the classical Scientific Method. This presentation will describe real world failure analysis projects from ARDL customers as well as the variety of analytical testing and reasoning used to assign root causes. If you have attended a presentation with the same title in the past, don’t worry……….our industry has no shortage of unexpected product failures so real world examples covered in previous presentations are constantly replaced with more recent examples.

Bioinspired Material Design from 3D Printed Rubber
Arnob Banik, ORG Scholarship Recipient, Global Technology Intern, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron
Biomimicry, which means “mimicking nature”, enables scientists and engineers to learn how the science of special animal features can be applied to solve human problems and provide desired technological outcomes. Researchers have identified the potential to remain stable on flooded surfaces in some tree and torrent frogs with the help of their toe-pads. So, the dynamic friction performance of frog toe-pad-inspired surface patterns are investigated and compared them to a sample tire tread design. Three types of frog toe-pad-inspired designs were modeled and fabricated using Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) material by 3D printing technology. Moreover, The Echinocyamus pusillus (sea urchin), a versatile marine invertebrate, is well known for its skeletal structural design with excellent strength due to its overall shape and internal supports. Being inspired by the structures of the sea urchin, the impact tolerance of uniquely designed models has been examined. Specimens were manufactured through 3D printing using flexible TangoPlus FLX930 material to study the effects of buttress thicknesses, number, and spacing. Future work focuses on building bioinspired double core sandwich composite using additive manufacturing. Hence, the top core will be prepared using rubbery material mimicking the woodpecker’s head structure or to absorb greater energy from impact.

Most Effective Tests for Measuring Quality of Mix when Using Recycled Rubber Powders
John Dick, Richard Hanzlik, Alpha Technologies
The consumption of recycled rubber powder (RRP) for use in factory rubber compounds has been increasing greatly to improve the sustainability of today’s rubber industry worldwide. In the last twenty years, several new ASTM test methods have been developed for effectively measuring the quality of mix in the factory. This study was conducted to measure the quality of mix using these different ASTM procedures when RRP was included in the rubber compounds.

Winter Technical Meeting
2022-01-25 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Ohio
This event will be conducted via Webinar.
**Please RSVP to Mary Puskas at mpuskas@littlern.com. After you register, Mary will send you the Zoom information.

Technical Presentations:
“Engineering Academy Polymer Testing Course at Stow-Monroe Falls High School”
David Helmick, Engineering Academy Polymer Testing Instructor, Stow-Munroe Falls High School.
Students in the Academy learn about Polymers, CAD, electronics robotics programming, and manufacturing industries. Mr. Helmick is also starting a new career program at Stow High school titled Modern Manufacturing for Employment; which focuses on training junior students about manufacturing practices and gets them placed at jobs their senior year to leave school to begin work in the manufacturing field. Mr. Helmick is currently looking for companies to partner with to help employers with developmental talent.
Mr. Helmick‘s initial partnership with the Ohio Rubber Group began when ORG donated two new lab bench workstations to the polymers lab at Stow. This turned unused lab space into valuable learning space for the students which proved significantly beneficial during Covid to allow social distancing to take place.

“Building Ohio’s Elastomer Resiliency in Challenging Times”
Paul Boulier, Vice President for Industry and Innovation, Team NEO.
Paul serves as the Vice President for Industry and Innovation at Team NEO. He is responsible for developing and executing direct-to-company business growth and attraction for Team NEO in the region’s core industries; including Energy, Oil & Gas, Metal Fabrication and Machinery; Polymers, Elastomers, Chemicals and Coatings, as well as Packaging and Transportation.
Team NEO is a privately-funded regional business attraction and growth organization. It is a nonprofit that markets Northeast Ohio to the world, attracts new businesses and helps those that are here grow. Team NEO is the Northeast Ohio regional partner for JobsOhio, a private, nonprofit corporation that drives economic development and job creation for the State, as well as working closely with economic development organizations across 18 counties.

Fall Technical Meeting
2021-11-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Ohio
This event will be conducted via Webinar.
**Please RSVP to Mary Puskas at mpuskas@littlern.com. Once you register, she will send you the Zoom information.

Presentations:
Kayla Williams-Pavlantos, ORG Scholarship recipient, The University of Akron, PhD candidate in the Dept. of Chemistry
“Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Macromolecules and Small Molecules at Polymer Surfaces”

Jim Dimas, Strategic Account Manager, CPI Fluid Engineering, A Division of Lubrizol
“Additive Technology for Improved Dust Ring Life”

Bill Pavlek, Lead Technical Service Engineer, Organic Peroxides Applications, Arkema
“Luperox® Air® XL80 : A Novel Peroxide Technology for Elastomer Crosslinking in Air”

We hope you can join us for our last Technical Session of 2021.

Fall Social Event - CANCELLED
2021-10-01 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | The Conrad Botzum Farmstead, 3486 Riverview Rd., Akron, OH, 44313
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION

Join us for a fun evening of social networking to welcome Fall.
Fall Event Flyer 2021
Bring your significant other, guest, or customer.
$20 per person
Cornhole Tournament
Food, Drinks, Bonfire & Live Music
Shuttle service will be provided to these local hotels, and will run from 5:30 – 10:30 pm:
1. Courtyard by Marriott Akron Fairlawn
2. Hampton Inn Akron-Fairlawn
3. Holiday Inn Akron West – Fairlawn, an IHG Hotel
Register Now! Deadline to register is September 17, 2021

Late Summer Golf Outing - August 30, 2021
2021-08-30 | Silver Lake Country Club, 1325 Graham Rd, Stow, Ohio, 44224
Call for Sponsors
Registration Form
Event Information
There will be two shotgun starts: AM group – 8:00 AM (Play Your Own Ball) and PM group – 1:30 PM (Scramble)
Any morning player will have the opportunity to play an additional round in the afternoon for an additional $75.
Entry form must be received with payment by August 23, 2021.
Schedule of Activities:
7:00 AM Bag Drop – Morning Shotgun Registration Opens
7:15 AM Driving Range Opens
8:00 AM MORNING SHOTGUN
9:30 AM Bag Drop – Afternoon Shotgun
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM AFTERNOON SHOTGUN
6:00 PM Cocktails! (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Prize Awards

Ohio Rubber Group 2021 Summer Golf Outing
2021-06-15 | Yankee Run Golf Course, 7610 Warren-Sharon Rd., Brookfield, Ohio, 44403
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Shotgun Start – 9:30 am
4 Golfer Scramble
$125.00 per person*
* Includes golf with cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, door prize, raffle ticket, skill awards and prizes.
Mulligan cards are available for an additional $5 each.
Registration Form deadline: June 9, 2021
******Even if you don’t golf, join us for dinner!
DINNER ONLY: $40 (Catered by “Terrible Tom’s Barbeque”)
For those needing accommodations in Warren, rooms are available at the Avalon Inn and Resort.
Make reservations directly with the Avalon Inn & Resort at 800-828-2566.
Golf Outing Details and Call for Sponsors
Golf Outing Registration Form
Yankee Run Golf Course
7610 Warren-Sharon Rd.
Brookfield, OH 44403
330-448-8096
