Economic mixing of silica-rubber compounds: Interaction between the chemistry of the silica-silane reaction and the physics of mixing

Within this thesis, a fundamental investigation of the mixing process of silica compounds is done, and the factors influencing the mixing and silanization efficiency are analyzed. However, the final aim of the work is a very practical one: The proposition of adjustments of the production process and mixing equipment, which enhance the mixing and silanization process of silica compounds on production scale and which are easy to implement into the existing mixing equipment.