Improving Rubber-To-Metal Bonding Through The Use Of Silane Coupling Agent

Tan, Ing Yuh (2019) Improving Rubber-To-Metal Bonding Through The Use Of Silane Coupling Agent. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Nowadays, the silane coupling agent had been widely used to bond the two dissimilar materials such as rubber-to-metal. The aim of this study is to evaluate the methods of improving the chemical bonding between aluminum-to-rubber by using the bis- (trimethoxysilylpropyl) amine and bis-(triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide. The objectives of this work are to investigate the effect of different silane application techniques on the bond strength of rubber-metal interface and investigating the effect of composition of silane solutions on the bond strength of rubber-metal interface. The materials used in this research were the aluminum 6061-T6, and natural rubber, where else the chemicals used were the two types of silanes, methanol, acetone, alkaline-cleaned solution, acetic acid and sodium hydroxide. The surface roughness of aluminum was modified by sand blasting then followed by alkaline treated with final result of 3.943μm. The XRD result has proven the presents of hydroxide element on surface of aluminum substrate after alkaline treated for bonding purpose. Two types of silane solutions were mixed in three different compositions and tested under the FTIR for the chemical structure. In the control sample result, the maximum peel force of HML Auto Industries Sdn Bhd that carried out with the CHEMLOK 205 and CHEMLOK 220 was 323.671N with the nominal peeling energy of 12.947 KJ/

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