A Prediction Model for Rubber Curing Process

A prediction method for rubber curing process has historically received considerable attention in manufacturing process for rubber article with relatively large size. In recent years, there exists increasing demand for simulation driven design which will cut down the cost and time required for product development. In case of the rubber with relatively large dimensions, low thermal conductivity of the rubber leads to non-uniform distributions of the temperature history, which results in non-uniform cure state in the rubber. Since rubber curing process is an exothermic reaction, both heat conduction equation and expressions for the curing kinetics must be solved simultaneously.