This one-day meeting covered up-to-date practices and included discussion of developments within the industry. Surface preparation, environmental issues, water based bonding agents and problem solving were among the topics presented:

Bonding of RubberThe Industrial Overview

Wet Blast Preparation and the Subsequent Phosphating Process and Related Equipment

Aqueous Chemical Pretreatments for Rubber to Metal Bonding

Elastomer to Substrate Bonding; Problem Solving in Rubber to Metal Bonding

Water Based Bonding AgentsThe Future with the Environmental Protection Act

Insert MouldingAutomatic Manufacturing of Rubber to Metal and Rubber to Plastic Moulded Components.