6PPD Meeting Information

Collaborative Innovation Forum:
Functional Substitutes to 6PPD in Tires

Meeting Details

DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 

TIME: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (optional dinner at 6:30 pm) 

VENUE:
Highline College - 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines, WA  
Building 8 – Mt. Constance/ Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms

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Wi-Fi ACCESS:
Highline 
Username: HCGuest
Password: ITS-Keogh063

Agenda & Presentations

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8:00 AM – 8:30 AM       NAME BADGE PICK-UP; LIGHT BREAKFAST PROVIDED

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM       Welcome Remarks

Presentation

Molly Jacobs, UMass Lowell

8:45 AM – 9:45 AM      Setting the Context: Thinking About Alternative Anti-Degradants for Tires

Presentations

6PPD: the problem
Ed Kolodziej, University of Washington

A tire industry perspective on 6PPD replacement: the challenge
Chris Robertson, Polymer Technology Services

What do we know about the alternatives
Aude Bechu, UMASS Lowell
Miles Dearth, ACE Laboratories

How to think about substitution
Joel Tickner, UMASS Lowell

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM     15-MIN BREAK

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM   Exploring Critical Design Considerations.

What is Safe Enough? What is Sufficient Performance?

Formative Presentations

Current practices for making a “safer” determination
Molly Jacobs, UMASS Lowell

Performance requirements for anti-degradants in tires

Laboratory Scale
Erick Sharp, Ace Laboratories
Product Scale
Smithers (Reflections from USTMA)

Small Group Work Access Jamboard Here

Group SAFER: What are critical endpoints for making a safer determination for an alternative to 6PPD in tires? How should transformations products be considered?  What methods/tools could be used? Who needs to be involved?

Group SUFFICIENT PERFORMANCE: What should be considered for understanding the functional performance needs of alternatives to 6PPD in tires? What are critical performance requirements and related performance tests and standards for acceptable performance? Who needs to be involved?

Report Back and Discussion

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM      LUNCH

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM       Near-term Needs to Identify, Evaluate and Adopt Substitutes for 6PPD in Tires

Formative Presentations

Substitution and the role of collaborative innovation processes
Joel Tickner, UMASS Lowell

Small Group Work Access Jamboard Here

Considering use of the “Safer” and “Sufficient Performance” considerations, what are the R&I needs and collaborative opportunities to replace 6PPD with safer and effective substitutes in the near term? Any additional adaptations to design considerations given near-term needs/opportunities?

Report Back and Discussion

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM      15-MIN BREAK

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM    Long-term Needs to Identify, Evaluate and Adopt Substitutes for 6PPD in Tires

Plenary Discussion: Access Jamboard Here

Considering use of the “Safer” and “Sufficient Performance” considerations, what is needed to rethink innovation regarding the role of anti-degradants in tires that can result in fundamentally safer options for the next generation-design of tires (15+ years) (this includes new product designs AND new sustainable chemistry options)?

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM      Moving Forward and Next Steps Access Jamboard Here

  • What stood out for you in today’s discussions regarding needs opportunities to accelerate replacing 6PPD in tires?

  • What are clear collaborative opportunities that could speed up the timeline adopting alternatives to 6PPD in tires?

    • New research collaborations/consortia? Collaborative testing? 

  • Who needs to be involved but wasn’t here today?

  • Next Steps

6:30 PM                     Dinner (optional)   

For those interested in continuing discussions over dinner, we have a space reserved at the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse located at 1159 Southcenter Mall, Tukwila. This dinner is optional. Expenses unfortunately cannot be covered by meeting organizers.

Additional Meeting Information

GROUND TRANSPORTATION: 

Taxis, Uber, Lyft, and hotel shuttles are available from the SeaTac Airport.   

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