MRC INDUSTRY LINKAGE FUND Industry-University Interaction Session 2021 MALAYSIAN RUBBER BOARD 29 Jun 2021 Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board MALAYSIAN RUBBER BOARD : OVERVIEW TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING DIVISION (BAHAGIAN TEKNOLOGI & KEJURUTERAAN, BTK) Economy, licensing & DOWNSTREAM R&D, CONSULTANCIES AND SPECIAL SERVICES enforcement Services & Support Dr Azhar Ahmad, PhD Ketua, Unit Pemprosesan & Dr Fatimah Rubaizah MR, PhD Kelestarian Ketua, Unit Pembangunan & ([email protected]) Inovasi Bahan Termaju ([email protected]) Upstream Dr Nazirah Ahmad, PhD Dasar & Ketua, Unit Kejuruteraan Operasi Rekabentuk & KETUA Downstream Pembangunaan Produk PENGARAH Penyelidikan Dr Mok Kok Lang, PhD ([email protected]) Relevant to MILF Divisional Director, & Inovasi Quality & Bahagian Teknologi & Standards Kejuruteraan ([email protected]) Expansion • Corporate • Legal • Strategic Planning Dr Yong Kok Chong, PhD Dr Asrul Mustafa, PhD • Human Resource Ketua, Unit Inovasi & Ketua, Unit Sains & • Audit Teknologi Elastomer Teknology Lateks • Integrity ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board SCOPE, OBJECTIVE & FUNCTION of UNITS • Develop and diversify value- • R&D in natural and synthetic added dry rubber products latex-based thin-wall and foam • Focus on Industrial Rubber products Goods, General Rubber • Product degradation, energy Goods, Tire Technology and efficiency in product advanced composites manufacture, latex stability and • Provide consultative and preservation, blends, 01 technical advisory services on 03 nanocomposite materials 05 dry rubber science and • Development of non- technology for manufacturers traditional latex products and consumers such as adhesive and coating. (Process & (Dry Rubber (Engineering (Latex Products) (Materials) Environment) Products) Products) • Develop and enhance raw • Develop rubber engineering • Fundamental research and natural rubber processing products for infrastructure, automotive and locomotive development of natural and technology for better quality synthetic materials, and new and cost effective of midstream • Consultancy & technical services sector for compound development, product rubbers for product applications • R&D and technical advisory on design & prototyping, material & • Development / optimisation of product performance tests environmental management, 02 04 production processing • Testing, validation and effluent and malodour techniques associated with new treatment, sustainability of manufacturing facilities for rubber rubber processing industries in rubber engineering rubber materials • Bioprocess technology and projects • Enhance utilisation of rubbers explore potential use of non- • Technical support in problem towards sustainability and solving of rubber engineering rubber for new product efficient use of natural applications product design, manufacturing and Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board process resources MRB STRATEGIES 2020 - 2025 Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board SOME CURRENT / ON GOING / KEY R&D WORKS (MIDSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM) SOURCE: MRC DOWNSTREAM BY-PRODUCTS & SUSTAINABILITY • Cosmeceuticals (high-ends inositols) • Animal feeds (proteins) • Odour treatment • Wastewater recycling system • Crepe rubber & serum • Sustainability tools • Integrated Processing Centre MIDSTREAM LATEX PRODUCTS • Specialty rubbers (epoxidized & deproteinized) DRY RUBBER PRODUCTS ENGINEERING PRODUCTS • Antimicrobial properties • Material & Process optimization • Anti-adherent films for specialty rubbers • Tire compound (green, enhanced) • Bituminous cuplump • Biodegradation • Liquid NR & ENR • Electrostrictive elastomers • Cuplump modified bitumen • Nanocomposites • Skim latex for product use • Fabric reinforced products • Rubberized asphalt for heavy • Energy efficiency • ENR latex for enhanced product • Advanced rubbers traffic pavement • Paints & adhesives properties (nanocomposites) • Smart materials in anti-vibration • Foams • Flame retardant rubbers • 3D printable rubbers automotive products • Blends for enhanced properties • New grade of low protein NR • New formulations for rubber • Design and prototyping of • Novel preservatives • ENR Specifications (ISO) products customised rubber products • Enhanced vulcanization efficiency Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board MIDSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM (zooming-in) Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board UNIT PEMPROSESAN & KELESTARIAN UPK IPC RUBBER BIOPROCESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSING Latex ▪ Comprehensive R&D Concentrate Non rubber ▪ Odour control management (raw facilities (rubber SMR Effluent rubber processing) products processing & pre-com) Specialty ▪ Malodour control (drying activity ▪ Advance & sustainable Rubber Latex Zero of raw rubber processing) Odour rubber processing Concentrate Discharge ▪ Carbon footprint models (pre-com & Bioprocessing Transfer of Technology) New Grade Sustainability Advanced Effluent Treatment and water recycling plant ▪ Natural rubber serum (NRS) - ▪ Effluent treatment system and recycling ▪ Raw rubber processing – protein, sugar & water technology for raw rubber processing & compliance of solid rubbers and components latex product manufacturing latex concentrates ▪ Optimizing NRS Processing ▪ Pilot scale membrane bioreactor as high- ▪ Efficient & cost-effective Technology performance effluent treatment system processing technology ▪ NRS animal feed trial (chicken & for rubber industry ▪ New rubber grades (crepe fish) ▪ Pre-commercialize wastewater (effluent) ▪ Malaysian Sustainable Natural rubber) ▪ NRS for cosmeceutical application recycling technology for latex-based Rubber (MSNR) Guideline ▪ Raw rubber quality evaluation ▪ Synthesis & value-addition of products manufacturing documentation on sustainable and testing quebrachitol and its derivatives ▪ Characterize & evaluate effluent NR production, deforestation- ▪ Rubber supply chain system (pharmaceutical grade) treatment system for Crepe Rubber and free & compliance to Malaysian ▪ Training - rubber processors & ▪ GMP-ready (Good Manufacturing Serum Processing social and environmental smallholders (latex production) Practice) infrastructure for ▪ Effluent treatment centre @ IPC regulations Bioprocess Centre @ IPC ▪ Life Cycle Assessment study to identify environmental hotspots on production of NR ▪ Dipping tank coagulum of NR glove factories ▪ Inventory analysis (input-output) for NR production Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board Integrated Processing Centre (IPC), Kota Tinggi, Johor IPC Work in Progress Latex Concentrate Specialty Rubber Bioprocessing Advanced Effluent Treatment and water recycling plant Comprehensive facilities for long-term R&D in rubber processing and pre-commercial production Advanced and sustainable rubber processing models on a pre-commercial scale for the purpose of technology transfer Enhancing knowledge and skills of researchers in planning and developing rubber processing centers Facilities (Sg Buloh): Raw rubber/latex and SMR testing laboratories, FIR dryer, Membrane separation system, Spray dryer, RRIMETER, Membrane bioreactor, Air sampling, Flux chamber, Portable weather station, Anemometer, pH meter dosing pump, Particle monitor, GC-FID/FPD, LCMS, UV spectrometer, chemical pre- treatment system, submerged and pressurized membrane system, Reverse Osmosis(RO) Skid, Activated Carbon Filter Vessel (ACF) Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board UNIT KEJURUTERAAN & REKABENTUK PRODUK CURRENT R&D PROJECTS ▪ Smart Materials in Anti-Vibration of Automotive Products AREAS OF RESEARCH ▪ Design and Prototyping of Customized Rubber Products Civil Engineering ▪ Cuplump Modified Bitumen (CMB) for Malaysian Road: Design & evaluation of CMA for road ▪ Commercialisation of CMB for Road Construction under RMK11 • Rubberized road technology ▪ Rubber Seed as Bio-Additive for Engineering Application • Structural dynamics and ▪ Mathematical Modelling for the homogeneity of Stirring process Using Non-Newtonian Fluid earthquake engineering ▪ Base isolation technology for the construction of earthquake-resistant structures in Malaysia Mechanical Engineering ▪ Rubber-based road furniture • Automotive rubber ▪ Enhancement of wear resistant characteristic for Engineering rubber products components ▪ Tree-to-Road Program • Noise, vibration, harshness General • Fatigue of rubber Engineering • Railway engineering SERVICES • Mathematics for R&D Chemical engineering application Engineering (infrastructure, • Finite element automotive, locomotive) modelling and analysis • Polymer science and technology • Applied physics Testing & fabrication • Application of specialty The 4th Industrial rubber in engineering Revolution (IR 4.0) • Rubber to metal bonding Technical expertise • Corrosion (problem-solving) Consultancy (compound, testing Copyright © Malaysian Rubber Board & prototyping) KEY HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME CURRENT PROJECTS EVALUATION & MONITORING OF SEISMIC DATA Rubber bearings for earthquake protection of buildings and bridges LANGKAWI LAHAD DATO PENANG DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING OF CUSTOMIZED RUBBER PRODUCTS ▪ Engineering rubber products based on finite element analysis (FEA) analysis as Rubber products reference by rubber manufacturers for engineering rubber product development development and ▪ Performance of automotive component via experimental and prediction (ABACUS). testing Mould design, formulation, product manufacture & testing of prototypes for comparison with predictive analysis ▪ Implementing IR4.0 elements into rubber engineering products models ▪ CMA road pavement (265 km, federal, city & rural) ▪ Pavement Assessment Condition (PCA)