Reaction Injection Molding and Fast Polymerization Reactions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Development of RIM in the U.S.A. and Japan

   1. Future of RIM Development in the U.S.A. in the 1980’s

      • Louis M. Alberino

      Pages 1-9

   2. RIM and RRIM Development in Japan

      • Kaneyoshi Ashida

      Pages 11-30

3. Polyurethane RIM Systems — Structure/Properties Relationship

   1. Studies of the Formation and Properties of Polyurethanes Suitable for Reaction Injection Moulding

      • J. L. Stanford, R. F. T. Stepto, R. H. Still

      Pages 31-54

   2. RIM Urethanes Structure/Property Relationships for Linear Polymers

      • Richard J. Zdrahala, Frank E. Critchfield

      Pages 55-62

   3. The Effect of Hard Segment Content on a Cross-Linked Polyurethane RIM System

      • R. B. Turner, H. L. Spell, J. A. Vanderhider

      Pages 63-76

   4. The Effect of Annealing on the Thermal Properties of RIM Urethane Elastomers

      • Richard J. G. Dominguez

      Pages 77-93

   5. Experimental Studies of Phase Separation in Reaction Injection Molded (RIM) Polyurethanes

      • R. E. Camargo, C. W. Macosko, M. V. Tirrell, S. T. Wellinghoff

      Pages 95-118

   6. Graft Polyol RIM Systems: Thermal Stability and Moisture Absorption

      • Robert A. Markovs

      Pages 119-131

4. Non-Urethane RIM Systems

   1. Polyamide RIM Systems

      • L. M. Alberino, D. F. Regelman

      Pages 133-146

   2. The Catalysis of the Polycyclotrimerization of Isocyanates by Quaternary Ammonium Carboxylates

      • I. S. Lin, J. E. Kresta, K. C. Frisch

      Pages 147-163

   3. High Modulus Isocyanurate-Urethane RIM Elastomers

      • J. E. Kresta, K. H. Hsieh, C. L. Wang

      Pages 165-179

   4. Potential of Crown Ether-Assisted Anionic Polymerization of Styrene and Dienes for Commercial Processes

      • F. L. Cook, J. D. Muzzy, T. N. Montgomery, R. M. Burton, K. E. Domeshek

      Pages 181-207

5. RIM Engineering and Technology

   1. Recent Chemical and Reinforcement Development in the Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding Process for Automobile Applications

      • P. Z. Han, W. L. Lennon, R. B. Ratajczak

      Pages 209-218

   2. Fiber Glass Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding

      • M. M. Girgis, B. Das, J. A. Harvey

      Pages 219-229

   3. Refining of the RRIM Process, Materials and Equipment in the Automotive Industry

      • Michelle J. Mikulec

      Pages 231-241

   4. Metering and Mixing of RIM Reactants

      • Fritz W. Schneider

      Pages 243-262

   5. Simulation of Cavity Filling and Curing in Reaction Injection Molding

      • L. T. Manzione

      Pages 263-278

   6. Computer Analysis of RIM Moldability from the Density Distribution in Molded Products

      • Kazuo Okuda

      Pages 279-298

6. Back Matter

   Pages 299-302

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The emergence of reaction injection molding (RIM) has been fol­ lowed by the industry with mounting interest. RIM technology has brought to polymer processing a new flexibility and savings in both energy and capital investment. The new developments and the number of engineers and scientists working in RIM is growing at so fast a rate that there is need for sharing information on progress in this area. This book is based on papers presented at the International Symposium on Reaction Injection Molding which was held in 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia, and was sponsored by the American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Coatings and Plastics Chemistry. The book is divided into four parts covering different areas of RIM development. The first part is devoted to the future trends of RIM develop­ ment in the United States and Japan. The structure-properties relationship and effects of annealing on properties of RIM elastomers are covered in the second part. New non-urethane polymers such as polyamides, polyisocyanurates and polystyrene suitable for RIM processing are discussed in the third part. In the last part the engineering and technological aspects of RIM, such as glass reinforcement, mixing, flow and moldability are covered in detail. Finally I would like to thank Mrs. Iris Glebe for typing this book and for help with editing, and K. Zielinski for his assistance v vi PREFACE in reviewing and, when necessary, correcting some of the papers. Thanks is also due to the editors of Plenum for their patience and helpfulness.

• chemistry
• density
• development
• energy
• information
• injection
• paper
• plastics
• polymer
• polymerization
• reactions
• society
• stability
• structure

• Polymer Institute, University of Detroit, Detroit, USA

  Jiri E. Kresta

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