German Rubber Conference 2024

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07.04.2025 | Awards
The 29ᵗʰ national SAMPE Symposium highlighted composite technologies for a sustainable future

Around 80 experts from science and industry came together in the university’s main building to discuss current developments in the field of composite materials. The event was organized by RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with SAMPE

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The IKV rubber team participated with five presentations.

Under the motto “Networking for a Sustainable Future,” representatives from the entire rubber value chain gathered for the biennial German Rubber Conference in Nuremberg.

At the German Rubber Conference 2024 from July 1-4, 2024, researchers from the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University presented the latest research results from the fields of processing and automation and simulation and modeling and gave introductions to rubber extrusion and elastomer injection moulding as part of the Educational Symposium.

Under the motto “Networking for a sustainable future”, representatives from the entire rubber value chain met at the biennial German Rubber Conference in Nuremberg. Anke Bardehle, Uwe Nillius and Clemens Wiesel represented IKV’s rubber department with a total of five presentations and used the industrial exhibition and supporting program to make new contacts and deepen the exchange with IKV’s industrial partners.

csm_NEWS-IKV-auf-der-DKT-2024_3875b448fa eng — The IKV rubber technologists team at the DKT trade fair at the HF Mixing Group booth.

In the area of process technology and automation, Clemens Wiesel presented his results on the development of a process for the in-line measurement of the degree of cross-linking in the mold during elastomer injection moulding. Uwe Nillius spoke about the possibilities of using a grooved feed zone to increase the pressure and throughput of a cold-feed rubber extruder. The aim of both research topics is to make the manufacturing process more energy-efficient and thus ensure greater sustainability in rubber processing.

Raw materials are the real lever when it comes to sustainable rubber products. Since new materials always require an adaptation of the compounding process, it makes sense to support this adaptation with modeling and simulations. This was the subject of the presentation by Anke Bardehle, who dealt with the optimisation of mixing strategies for EPDM compounds.

Introductions at the Educational Symposium on rubber extrusion and elastomer injection moulding by Uwe Nillius and Clemens Wiesel rounded off IKV’s presence at DKT 2024.