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TO: H. C. Gaffney FROM: J. F. Daly SUBJECT: MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1984 October 29, 1984 cc: R. Johnson J. A. Stretanski F. F. Loffelman A. TECHNICAL PROJECTS 1. EXTRUDATES Draft of final sales brochure has been completed. The Extructor is now running routinely 8-12 hours/ day, 5-6 days/ week. The ten - inch Extructor has been ordered. All ancillary equipment for smoother operation is on order. 2. PPG Lab work is continuing to optimize the solids content for producing 2-1-0 form. We hope to be able to try in the plant early in November. A meeting has been tentatively scheduled for 11/19/84 in East Point, Ga. We now have a sample of Lead Cyanamid that PPG considers suitable. We are looking at having CRD do preliminary work on process development. 3. PACKARD ELECTRIC We now have the formulation Packard wishes us to use. Lab work will begin in November. 4. LECTRO 105 AND 65 These two new offerings from Associated Lead have been analyzed. Our best estimate of their compositions is: Lectro 65: A Monobasic Sulfo - Phthalate with a ratio of 26% Sulfate to 74% Phthalate. Lectro 105: A blend of 43% Tribase EXL, 52% Dythal, and 5% Calcium Carbonate. Based on this information, we are now attempting to de velop similar stabilizers. CYWI 1-000107 2 5. TRIANGLE PWC - TSC - 22 A sample of material plugging Triangle's Extruder screens was analyzed and found to be predominantly Lead Stabilizer. No further conclusions could be drawn because of a lack of informa tion at Triangle. 6 . LYNN - T5C-20 Lynn found that Cyastab 949 darkened0more than Lectro 90 in their formulation after 100 minutes at 220 C. Using Lynn's formulation we developed a stabilizer which equals the performance of Lectro 90. This stabilizer is a blend of 78% 918, 17% Calcium Carbonate and 5% Barium Stearate. ,/ '/ See Tabriz t ^a t results. 7. CAPITAL WIRE - TSC -12 A stabilizer was found to replace Envirostab 1160 across the-board in Capital's formulations. Initially, three candidates were screened in Capital's 105^ THH compound. The best candidate, Cyastab 918, was then compared to Envirostab 1160 in the other three formulations provided by the customer. Test ~rNes ul-bs--a rp -shown, in Tables II and III. 8. PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT We have had a demonstration in our lab of the Horiba CAPA500 particle size distribution instrument. It appears satisfact ory for our purposes. We will look at other instruments before making a recommendation, however. B. PLANT GENERAL 1. COMPUTER The air pallet control program has been debugged and is now functioning. A program to keep track of payment of freight bills has been written and is ready for testing. C. COMPLAINTS There was one additional complaint submitted this month (PA 84-24 Pantasote) . This referred to the black specks in the 908 shipped in May, 1984. It was justified. CYW 1-000108 3 C. COMPLAINTS (continued) The YTD total is now 12, broken down as follows: Quality Shipping -fault of Not justified Development trucker 3 3 5 1 D. TRIPS AND CUSTOMER CONTACT 1. TRIPS The writer attended a meeting of the LIA Oxides and Chemicals Committee at the O'Hare Hilton. 2. CUSTOMER CONTACT - TELEPHONE A. Called Jim Graham, PPG, East Point, Ga., to discuss the status of development work in Cyastab 40 and Lead Cyanamid. B. Bob Slapsak, Packard Electric, Warren, Oh., called, with the formulation to be used in the project for them. C. Called Bernie Tortorice, Triangle PWC, Jewett City, Ct. with results of TSC -.22. D. Art Arena, Dynamit Nobel, Rcokleigh, N, J. called to request a recommendation for a replacement for Lectro 60. J. F. 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Brabender Stability, Min Brabender Torque, Meter- Gins ENVIROSTAB 1160 5.7 45 136 650 TSC - 12 Capital Wire CYA'STAB 918 5.1 45 109 650 75 THW COMPOUND Stabilizer level, PHR Oven Stability at 200C, Min, Brabender Stability, Min. Brabender Torque, Meter- Gms 105 'THH COMPOUND Stabilizer level, PHR Oven Stability at 200C, Min. Brabender Stability, Min Brabender Torque, Meter -Gms .. JACKET CAP 1000 COMPOUND Stabilizer level, PHR Oven Stability at 200C, Min. Brabender Stability, Min. Brabender Torque, Meter- Gms. 5.7 60 150 550 7.9 30 117 650 5 60 160 650 5.1 60 105 700 7.1 30 113 550 4.5 60 130 650 CYW! 1-000112