Abstract:

Kenrich Petrochemical's titanate and zirconate coupling agents react with all fillers, pigments and fibres – even silane non-reactive surfaces such as CaCO3, boron nitride, carbon black, PTFE, organic pigments and fibres such as graphite, polyester and aramid. The agents couple to most substrates in situ in water, solvent, liquid polymer or thermoplastic polymer melt without need of condensation water, drying or pretreatment. Nano-clays can be exfoliated in the melt with just 3% additive. The products eliminate air voids and moisture to create a true continuous filler/polymer phase thus improving adhesion, strength and resistance to degradation. The coupling agents are also catalytic resulting in: faster process cycle times at lower temperatures; copolymerization in the melt of dissimilar polymers; recycle regeneration; increased impact strength; tougher and more flexible filled and unfilled composites.

Intended audience: Compounders; R&D Directors; Plastic Processors - Injection & Blow Molders, Extrusion; Advanced Composites; Elastomers; Thermosets, Coatings, Inks, Adhesives and Sealants; etc.

About the Speaker:
Salvatore J. Monte, President, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc.
Salvatore J. Monte received his B.C.E. from Manhattan College in 1961 and M.S.-Polymeric Materials from NYU Poly in 1969. He is President and co-owner with Erika G. Monte of Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. – Bayonne, NJ. Sal holds twenty-nine U.S. Patents filed worldwide and one pending. Two patents on "Enhanced Energetic Composites" and "Solid Rocket Propellant" were held under Secrecy Orders by DOD for over a decade. Current work covers diverse areas such as: a patent application to regenerate spent drilling mud (BaSO4) and oil soaked beach sand into useful construction materials; the anaerobic biodegradation of conventional petroleum derived thermoplastics such as disposable PP non-woven diapers under ASTM D-5526-94 conditions to generate biomass and biogas for generating electricity; a new generation of endothermic MEK peroxide cured unsaturated polyester composites that are smoother, stronger and better aging by replacing exothermic cobalt naphthenate accelerators with endothermic titanates and heat as the accelerator; taking sulfur derived from secondary and primary oil and gas recovery and converting it into non-blooming insoluble sulfur for superior performing tires; and more. Three Hundred and Seventy ACS CAS abstracted patents, technical papers; journal articles and book chapters on applications of organometallics and reactive diluents in thermosets and thermoplastics are attributed to Sal. In addition, he has authored a 340-page Ken-React® Reference Manual on Titanates, Zirconates and Aluminates 78,000 copies printed; authored several book chapters (Most recent – Chapter 5 – Functional Fillers – Wiley-VCH, 2005 – edited 2010); testified on several occasions before the U.S. Congress on Intellectual Property and Trade issues; and lectured on coupling agents around the world including: Europe, Greece, Turkey, South America, Canada, Mexico, India, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

He is a licensed Professional Engineer in NJ; Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); SPE Honored Service Member; SPE: Conference General Chair of FOAMS 2011, Councilor & Past Chairman-Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division of SPE (1997 –2000); Past President – SPE Palisades-New Jersey Section-2009; Past Chairman of the New York Rubber Group – ACS Rubber Division; twice winner of the C. Homer Flynn Award for Technical Excellence – Federated Society of Coatings Technology; member AIChE; member SAMPE; Voting Member to the ASC (Adhesives and Sealants Council), SPI (Society of Plastics Industries), CPIA (Canadian Plastics Industries Association) and ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association); Life Member of the National Defense Industrial Council; Paul Harris Fellow; and listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World.