RUBBER PRODUCTS

EPDM stands for Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer, a synthetic rubber used in a range of applications. EPDM is used most commonly used in the automotive and construction industries for various seals due to its excellent resistance to environmental factors such as Ozone, UV and general weathering

Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) is the highest volume general purpose synthetic rubber. It can be used in similar applications as NR / IR elastomers, except in severe dynamic application due to the inferior fatigue resistance.

Natural rubber is used in applications requiring a high level of wear and heat resistance. Thanks to its strength and compressibility, natural rubber is used in engineering applications, like anti-vibration mounts, drive couplings, springs, bearings, rubber bands, and adhesives.

Butyl rubber has unique elastomeric properties that makes it a good choice for a wide variety of rubber goods. Its low gas permeability together with its flexibility makes it the ideal material for inner tubes of tires and other high pressure tubes. Other applications include diaphragms, gaskets, wire and cable insulations, liners, O-rings, seals, weather stripping, and bottle closures. Its very low resilience makes it also suitable for shock absorption, vibration damping and isolation applications.

Nitrile rubber (NBR), also called nitrile-butadiene rubber, an oil-resistant synthetic rubber produced from a copolymer of acrylonitrile and butadiene. Its main applications are in fuel hoses, gaskets, rollers, and other products in which oil resistance is required.

HNBR elastomers offer an excellent range of performance at a cost between nitrile rubber (NBRs) and (per)fluoroelastomers (FKMs). They fill the gap between these two elastomers in many areas of application where resistance to heat and aggressive media are required simultaneously. They are an excellent choice for applications where resistance to ozone and weathering, industrial lubricants, amine based corrosion inhibitors, sour gases (H₂S), and  hot water / steam up to 150°C is required.

Typical applications include gaskets and seals, especially for the oil and gas industry, and accumulator bladders, and diaphragms.

The typical working temperature range is -25°C to +160°C

Chloroprene (also called Neoprene) rubber is a popular gasket material for a number of applications, especially for sealing purposes. Given its properties, Neoprene rubber is also commonly used for sealing electrical applications, such as light fixtures.

Isoprene Rubber or synthetic polyisoprene is used in a wide variety of industries and applications requiring low water swell, high gum tensile strength, good resilience, good tack and high hot tensile. Gum compounds based on IR are used in rubber bands, cut thread, baby bottle nipples, and extruded hose.

Chlorobutyl rubber (CIIR) is a terpolymer of isobutylene, isoprene and chlorinated Isoprene. Because of its excellent weather and ozone resistance, and improved chemical resistance, chlorobutyl is an excellent choice for rubber articles needing good resistance to chemicals, weathering and ozone such as tank linings, special purpose conveyor belts and protective clothing.

Chlorosulfonated polyethylene is the base polymer for CSM synthetic rubbers.

Chlorosulfonated polyethylene compounds provide excellent ozone, oxidation, sunlight (color degradation), and weather resistance. They are also capable of providing excellent resistance to alkalis and acids.

Polybutadiene rubber is a polymer formed from the polymerization of the monomer 1,3 – butadiene. Polybutadiene has a high resistance to wear and is used especially in the manufacture of tires, which consumes about 70% of the production.