Summary

Presents a state-of-the art review of instrumentation and automation practices in the paper, rubber, plastics and polymerization industries, including original research and practical projects. Among subject areas covered are: rubber industry process control and related topics; modeling and control of paper industry processes; applications of adaptive and predictive control in the pulp and paper industry; batch reactor control technology; adaptive process control concepts for plastics processing units; modeling and control of polymerization processes; paper industry process control; measurement and modeling problems in polymer processing of non-sheet processes; control of extrusion and blow molding; mill-wide control in the paper industry; user's needs and expected developments in sensors for the control of production of sheet products; instrumentation for polymer processing and modeling of paper industry processes.