Abstract:
Most polymers are compounded into multiphase systems such as alloys, blends, and composites, but almost all polymers are incompatible with one another and with fillers and reinforcements. If not compatibilized, parts made from these compounds fail. This webinar will explain how to compatibilize a compound’s components. It will teach the basics of how to design novel alloys, blends, and composites with superior cost/performance benefits and how to reduce the possibility of failure of end-use products. Many real-world applications of compatibilization will serve as illustrations of the concepts discussed.

This webinar will be useful to chemists and engineers in R&D and to non-technical personnel in functions like management, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and customer service who need to understand how to meet customers’ demanding requirements.

Ashok M. Adur earned a Ph.D. in polymer science & engineering and completed a mini-MBA course on executive entrepreneurship. He has over 30 years of experience in R&D; product, process, & business development; sales & marketing; technical service; introduction & commercialization of new products; and business & general management at various chemical, plastics, and paper companies. He has published papers in professional journals and presented papers at regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. Adur holds more than 25 patents, and has some 40 pending, which have resulted in the commercialization of numerous value-added products. The operator of Everest International Consulting (LLC) since 1992, he is an expert in polymer compounding and compatibilization of multicomponent systems, in developing strategies for patenting, and in intellectual property issues regarding polymers and plastics.

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