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Plastics and rubber materials, with their related
processing and application, contribute very significantly to the expanding
manufacturing sectors of both national and regional economies. Finished
plastic and rubber products have a major influence on the quality of our
daily life.
The Plastics and Rubber Institute
of Singapore (PRIS) is the national professional body established for
members who are in those businesses related to plastics and rubber as
described above. It acts as the focal point and centre for networking for
members and assists in promoting the interests of its members through
regular technical meetings, seminars and conferences and visits to
manufacturing plants and industrial sites, etc.
The PRIS also has an important
role in establishing sound ethical guidelines, through its professional
grades of membership, and for maintaining high standards of education and
professional competence in the science, engineering and technology of
plastics and rubbers.
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What's New
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Technical Talk (22-08-2012)
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Topic : Rubber
Fenders - essential product often neglected
Time : 6.45pm, 22 August 2012 (Wednesday)
Venue : Singapore Polytechnic Lecture Theater 4
Speaker : Mr Kousik
Kumar Mishra, Global Technical and Sales
Support Manager, Trelleborg Marine System.
Abstract
Millions of dollars are being
spent in marine infrastructure like docks & ports development all
over the world; however, these man-made structures could easily be
destroyed in a fraction of a second if proper care has not been taken
during berthing of a vessel. Bringing a moving vessel to rest as
against a dock requires that its kinetic energy be fully dissipated
or absorbed. A century ago timber was cheap & worked adequately
for the small vessels of that time. Old tyres
were abundant & are commonly used in many parts of the world but it’s
being softer absorbs little energy and needs expensive
maintenance. Rubber fenders became an important & essential
product to replace those inadequately designed objects used to absorb
huge amount of energy. The first designed fender was Cylindrical,
gaining popularity some fifty years ago, but inefficient use of
rubber & low performance by today’s standard makes them
costly. Ships have grown bigger over the years which have led
to increase the demands on modern fenders. There are many fender
systems available ranging in complexity from a simple bolt-on rubber
block to a very sophisticated arrangement of frames, chains and
buckling components. This presentation focuses on the different
aspects of new generation dock fenders especially on the energy
calculation of moving vessels, criteria of fender selection, typical
fender systems, and fender design. This presentation also gives an
idea of basic fender manufacturing process, rubber compound
properties required for various types of applications as well as
testing of fenders as provided in “PIANC guidelines for the design of
fender systems: 2002”.
About
the Speaker:
Kousik Kumar Mishra
is currently working with Trelleborg, a
Sweden based company and market leader in non-tyre
industrial products, since 2001. Mr. Mishra
was responsible for the Technical development of Marine fenders,
Mining products and general purpose & special purpose industrial
goods for Trelleborg Singapore, China &
Australia manufacturing units. Currently He is working as Global
Technical and Market Support Manager for Trelleborg
Marine System and supporting technical and sales team globally in
fender business. Mr. Mishra is associated
with rubber industry for more than 15 years and presented technical
papers in various international conferences. He was working with Ceat Ltd for more than 7 years in the R & D
department and was responsible for the compound development of
various components of tyre. Mr. Mishra had done B.Tech
in Rubber Technology from University of Calcutta & M.Sc (Tech) from UDCT, Mumbai University.
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Technical Talk @ AGM 2012
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Topic
: Summary of Dr Fu Gang's research work
Time: 6.30pm, 15 March 2012 (Thursday)
Venue: Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guild
Speaker: Dr Fu Gang, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology,
Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
Abstract
This
presentation is a summary of Dr Fu Gang's research work in the last
few years. His research field and interest is related to polymer
processing (precision moulding and micro
hot-embossing) and micro powder injection molding. It is composed of
three parts. The first part is to R&D on polymer microfluidics/ nanofluidics
devices for bio-medical application by means of plastic injection moulding and hot-embossing technology. The second
part is micro powder injection moulding to
produce metal micro-part or component with micro-features or
micro-structures. The last is the research on Roll-to-roll UV
embossing.
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Technical Talk @ AGM 2011
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Topic : Carbon Nanotube (CNT)/Polymer Composites
Date: 17 March 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: SPGG (Gate 4)
Speaker: Prof Li Lin, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
NTU
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) have been highly attractive materials due to their unique
structure and extraordinary mechanical, electrical, and thermal
properties. CNTs are ideal reinforcing fillers for fabrication of
high strength and lightweight polymer composites. At the same time,
electrically conductive composites can be produced. Two key factors
for development of high performance CNT/polymer composites are (i) homogeneous dispersion of CNTs in a selected
polymer matrix and (ii) strong interfacial adhesion between CNTs and
the polymer matrix. Since commercial raw CNTs have a great tendency
to form bundles due to strong van der Waals
attraction between individual tubes, it is extremely difficult to
disperse CNTs into a polymer matrix. Functionalization
of CNTs is an effective way to prevent carbon nanotubes
from aggregating and to enhance interfacial adhesion between CNTs and
a given polymer. As a result, overall properties such as mechanical,
thermal and electrical properties of CNT/polymer composites will be
enhanced significantly. In this talk, several case studies for
fabrication of novel CNT/polymer composites will be introduced,
including CNT/PA6 composites, CNT/LCP composites, Ag-CNT/PP
composites, etc.
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Recent Activities
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A Visit To IMRE
(25-11-2011)
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A Visit To ICES
(23-09-2011)
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A Visit To Trelleborg
Singapore (25-08-2011)
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A Visit To TUV SUD PSB Singapore
(23-06-2011)
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