Introduction to the Manufacture of Rubber Products

Rubber has such remarkable and desirable properties that it is being put to use in many engineering applications like bearings, springs, and seals in addition to the manufacture of bulk products like tyres, tubes, belts, hoses, etc. Loads could be safely supported and misalignments accommodated by its ready elastic deformability. The resilience of rubber could be used to advantage in the production of efficient seals. 

The processing aids are generally liquids or resinous materials, which mix intimately with rubber and are used as softeners to permit incorporation of fillers, and to modify the flow behaviour of the rubber. 

Antidegradants are added in rubber compounds in order to increase the ability of the vulcanized products to resist the various deteriorative influences like oxygen, ozone, sunlight, etc., to which it may be subjected to during service. 

---