Radek Stocek

Radek Stocek gained his PhD at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. He has been the general manager of PRL Polymer Research Lab (Czech Republic), the daughter company of Coesfeld GmbH (Germany) since 2012. From 2014, he has simultaneously been head of the Department of Rubber Technologies at Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic), becoming associate Prof. in 2019.

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Presentation

A method to visualize chemical emissions when rubber heats up

When driving a vehicle, not only does tire abrasion occur, generating very large amounts of small rubber particles, but there is also an enormous production of gases, known as chemical emission, that are released into the environment. These gases are generated mainly when the tire heats up during rolling, but they are maximally emitted into the air during the total collapse of the tire, known as blow-up. In this study, we will introduce an experimental laboratory method of the heat build-up process (HBU) from room temperature to blow-up, with visualization of the generation and emission of gases into the air.