Dynamic Vulcanization

Technical and economical reasons relating to the increased performance level, greater productivity, and the economic use of materials and energy are stimulating the industry toward an accelerated increase in the use of thermoplastic elastamers.The thermoplastic elastomers obtained by mixing classical elastomers and plastomers form a class of materials with the largest prospect for commercial application.These materials are obtained by mixing rubbers with thermoplastics and realizing the crosslinking of the elastomer phase during a mixing operation frequently referred to as 'dynamic vulcanization". Here the parameters of mixing and the vulcanization operation as well as the properties of the resulting thermoplastic elastomers for non-polar polymers are reviewed