Document vNg61OxZXBODGbQ6Qam3Jnew

Int\r-office memo TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC. H. H. Duhamel To R. D. Richards At Burlington From H. B. Carr At Burlington Subject Control Chart Reviews, Week of 1/20/69 Date January 30, 1969 Copy to P. F. Albanese Burlington F.E. r. s. Cole j. c. Fisher W. Heal E. L. Kanyok G. I. Rozand P. R. Scarito M. W. Williams File Attached are the Control Chart Reviews that we made the week of 1/20/69. If the timing is agreeable, our next reviews will be the week of 2/17/69. HBC/rjl Attachment (5) H. B. Carr COLORXTE 015749 \ ANALYSIS KEY 1. IC - In Control 2. OC - Out of Control 3. High or Low - The property is running either higher or lower than the midpoint of the spec, range and requires corrective action. Excep tions, of course, would be high heat stabi lities or low contamination and gel levels and these should be consistently maintain ed. 4. ----- Line - No data for analysis 5. Blank Space - Indicates property was in control at the last review and has stayed in control. I. Homopolymer Particle size distribution, dry blend and bulk density are properties that require close attention. In regard to particle size distribution, the specification changes for 225/16R, 250-1 and 250-12, that were discussed with Process Engineering, will be reviewed with Customer Ser vice Laboratory. II. Copolymer Specific property control by product type that we reviewed were as follows: 1. 214. a. R. V. - R. V. has been consistently running to the high side' Since raising the reaction temperature is not advisable in this case. Production will request that Process Engineering review this problem. b. Screen - Gelatin level has been lowered to coursen the particle size. 2. 285 a. L.B.D. - This property should be lowered to bring it into control. 5- 589 a. Screen lowering the gelatin level has brought this property to mid-range. COLORITE 015750 \ ANALYSIS (Cont'd.) III. Plastisol Sufficient data to review was available only for 1755 and 1742 due to the production schedule for the period. Two specific areas of property control discussed were: 1. 1742 a. 1 day Brkfld. - V/hlle this property was statisti cally running to the high side, the within-lot control was inproved over the last period. b. R. V. - The low relative viscosity experienced for the period indicates that the reaction temperature should be lowered. However, since this would cause longer reaction rates and poorer economics, the specifica tion will be reviewed with Customer Service Laboratory. COLORITE 015751 COLOR!TE 015752 X Vise. r X Gels r X "D.B. r X LBD r X H.S. r X Cont. r X Screen r 150 IC (High) IC IC IC -- 175 -- -- High IC -- High OC BURLINGTON HOMOPOLYMER CONTROL CHART REVIEW 1/21/69 225/16R 250-1 IC High IC IC IC IC High Low IC Low IC IC Low IC January, 1969 250-2 250-12 Low IC High IC High OC Shift Low to High OC Low IC IC (Low) IC Low IC Shift High to Low OC Shift High to Low OC IC IC Shift Low to High OC COLORXTE 0X5753 X vise. r X LBD r X K.S. r X Cont. r X Screen +100 r X Vols. r X I PTU r X Brab. r X T.O. r 24 High IC -- Low IC IC IC BURLINGTON COPOLYMER CONTROL CHART REVIEW 1/21/69 315 380 382 IC IC High High IC IC a) aP -cOaHp) *U IC 3 IC ar?j IC H IC -- _ __ IC IC 384 IC IC IC IC 2 pts. High IC IC IC IC IC IC IC -- -- January, 1969 385 High OC High OC 389 Low IC IC IC IC IC IC IC -- Low IC IC IC X Relative Viscosity r Volatiles X r Heat Stability X r Brookfield-1 day X Severs X r 1755 BURLINGTON PLASTISOL QQHTRQL yCHART -REVIEW 1/24/69 1742 Low IC Trend High Variable Low IC High Side IC 1716 8 -ap 0 O H dm 3 January, 1969 1732 1730 cO q) 88 Pa .p d iH H OO H <P <H dd m 01 3E5 H