Types Of Rubber

Natural Rubber is the elastic material which is obtained from the sap of latex trees. It can be vulcanized and finished into a various types of rubber products. Natural rubber is one of nature’s unique materials. It can be used for food seals and rubber to metal bonded items. It also has many advantages such as excellent resistance to abrasion & resilience properties, high tear strength & good compression set resistance, very good low temperature properties and strong bonding to metal.

Any form of artificial elastomer is called synthetic rubber. An elastomer can be defined as a material having the property of elasticity. Thus, the type of rubber made from chemicals to act as a substitute for the natural rubber can be called as synthetic rubber. Synthetic rubbers can be classified as either general purpose elastomers or specialty high volume elastomers. There are various types of polymers used for making different types of synthetic rubbers. Different types of synthetic rubbers have different properties which are manufactured for specific needs of large rubber products industries.

As opposed to natural rubber where there is only one chemical type, there are approximately 20 different chemical types of synthetic rubber, and within all of the types of rubber, there are different grades. The different types of rubber, especially the synthetic rubber types have their own individual properties and advantages. The industry chooses the rubber types which most clearly meet the demands of an intended use.

The synthetic rubber products that we handle are;