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Welcome to the Rubber in Engineering Group Website

The Rubber in Engineering Group is a committee of The Polymer Society which organises regular meetings and conferences on the theme of understanding the use of elastomers as engineering materials. Read our mission statement

News

Call for participation in 'Innovation in Aviation Security' project

The INSTINCT-Technology Demonstrator 2 (TD2) project is designed to discover, trial and showcase emergent security technologies, solutions and ideas for aviation security.
Defence, safety & security, 18 Aug 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help manufacturers and product designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting and storing goods is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer on beverage packaging.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2010

Winners announced for 'Refreshing Design' award

The 2010 Design Innovation in Plastics competition challenged student designers and design engineers to create a product that addressed economic and environmental concerns yet was innovative and ‘refreshing’.
Polymers, 12 Jul 2010
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Features

Getting smarter - advances in smart elastomers

James Busfield at Queen Mary University of London and James Adams at the University of Surrey, both in the UK, describe advances in smart elastomers.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Apr 2010

Changing tyres – natural rubber

Collecting rubber from a rubber tree
Dr Stuart Cook, Director of Research, at the Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre in Brickendonbury, UK, discusses how natural rubber can meet the demands of the modern tyre.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Oct 2009

Special section – Sparking ideas for UK manufacturing

Plasma spray coating at Zircotec

With concerns about the state of UK manufacturing, Meagan Ellis takes a look at niche fields where UK firms are making a name for themselves and the challenges that lie ahead.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jul 2009
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Events

IRC 2010 - International Rubber Conference

17 Nov 2010 - 19 Nov 2010, Mumbai, INDIA
IRCO is an association of rubber societies around the world which plan the main international rubber conferences.

Applied Polymer Science Group meeting

16 Sep 2010, Durham, UK
Day meeting on applied polymer science at Durham University

Vinyltec 2010

18 Oct 2010 - 20 Oct 2010, Iselin, USA
PVC - Meeting the Challenges of the Future
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Committees within The Polymer Society:

PVC Committee

Rubber in Engineering Group

Polymer Processing and Engineering Committee

Next RIEG afternoon technical discussion meeting

Recycling of Rubber

Date: 2pm Friday 10 Dec 2010

Organiser: Roly Whear 

Venue: IOM3, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DB

Next RIEG Conference

Modelling of Elastomeric Materials and Products

Date: 9am 14 October 2010

Organiser: Dr Alan Muhr 

Venue: IOM3, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DB

Event Reports

Emerging Health and Legislation Challenges for Rubber

London, 2 July 2010

Emerging Technical Challenges for Rubber

Leicester, 19 March 2010

Latest Advances in Rubber Research 

Koln, Germany, 10 February 2010

Smart Elastomers

London, 11 December 2009

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Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering

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Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery

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