Rohit Ameta

Dr Rohit Ameta has an MSc and PhD in chemistry and 28 years of experience in various tire industries. He has worked in the R&D section of JK Tyre and Apollo Tyres. He currently works in Balkrishna Industries Ltd (BKT) as head of R&D. He has published 8 papers in International journals and presented papers in various conferences. He has filed 7 patents in India, Europe and the US and is a member of ACS, rubber division and IRI.

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Presentation

Effect of multifunction process aids on NR-based silica compounds

In this research, multifunction process aids in natural rubber-based (NR) silica compounds are studied. NR is a non-polar rubber in nature whereas silica is the polar material. Accordingly, it couldn’t be mixed and dispersed easily in the rubber matrix. To address processing issues, process aid is required. NR has a tendency toward high reversion during vulcanization over a prolonged time; anti-reversion chemicals are used to protect this high reversion issue. The main function of multifunction process aids is to achieve the properties of process aids and anti-reversion chemicals. Processing behavior, dynamic properties and physical properties have all been studied and are discussed in this paper.