Development of rubber-based product using a mixture experiment: A challenging case study
Kaya Yahya
Development of rubber-based product using a mixture experiment: A challenging case study - Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 2013 - 123-149
Many products used in daily life are made by blending two or more components. The properties of such productstypically depend on the relative proportion of the components. Experimental design, modeling, and data analysis method for mixture experiments provide for efficiently determining the component proportions that will yield a product with disired properties. This article presents a case study of the work performed to develop a new rubber formulation for an o-ring (a circular gasket) with requirements specified on 10 product properties. Each step of the study is discused, including: 1) identifying the objective of the study and requirements for properties of the o-ring, 2) selecting the components to vary and specifying the component constraints, 3) constructing a mixture experiment design, 4) measuring the responses and assessing the data, 5) developing property-composition models, 6) selecting the new product formulation, and 7) confirming the selected formulation in manufacturing. The case study includes some challenging and new aspects, which are discussed in the article.
Experimental design
Mixture experiment
Mixture models
Optimization
Product development
Rubber formulation
Development of rubber-based product using a mixture experiment: A challenging case study - Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 2013 - 123-149
Many products used in daily life are made by blending two or more components. The properties of such productstypically depend on the relative proportion of the components. Experimental design, modeling, and data analysis method for mixture experiments provide for efficiently determining the component proportions that will yield a product with disired properties. This article presents a case study of the work performed to develop a new rubber formulation for an o-ring (a circular gasket) with requirements specified on 10 product properties. Each step of the study is discused, including: 1) identifying the objective of the study and requirements for properties of the o-ring, 2) selecting the components to vary and specifying the component constraints, 3) constructing a mixture experiment design, 4) measuring the responses and assessing the data, 5) developing property-composition models, 6) selecting the new product formulation, and 7) confirming the selected formulation in manufacturing. The case study includes some challenging and new aspects, which are discussed in the article.
Experimental design
Mixture experiment
Mixture models
Optimization
Product development
Rubber formulation