Rubber compounds or raw rubber are semi-finished products – compositions consisting of elastomers, curing agents, fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers and other ingredients that provide in a certain composition and ratio certain properties of rubber products that are obtained as a result of vulcanization of the rubber compound.

The technological process of manufacturing rubber compounds is a mechanical, more often, consecutive mixing of rubbers and ingredients on a special technological mixing equipment – on mixing rollers. Technological lines for the production of rubber compounds are used in mass production are include:

  • rubber mixer – for mixing rubbers and basic components;
  • mixing roll or aggregate of several – two or three rollers to refine the rubber composition in a compound and input vulcanizing agent (sulfur, less thiuram D) and sheeting (giving comfortable commodity form);
  • a cooling unit of festoon type or a bath with cold water to reduce the temperature of the rubber compound and prevent scorching.
custom rubber mixing

A typical rubber compound formulation:

  • Polymer (Rubber) – 100 phr
  • Filler – 30-60 phr
  • Antioxidant – 1-3 phr
  • Antiozonant – 1-3 phr
  • Oil – 5-30 phr
  • Curing agent – 5-10 phr

There are many other ingredients that can be used to give a compound of different properties. Custom rubber mixing is the science to ensure the required properties of the rubber by changing the ratio of components and compensating for their interactions. That’s why most manufacturers consider their rubber compounds to be the property right. Improvement of mechanical properties, while retaining the possibility of good workability, can take hundreds of hours of testing variations of different compositions.

Acrylonitrile-butadiene-rubber (NBR) or nitrile rubber is one of the most popular bases for the rubber compound in the automotive industry. It is also well known as butadiene-nitrile (Buna-N). This name comes from one of the first basic polymers patented in 1934, so people usually use this name for all nitrile classes to this day.

Rubber compounds are supplied in the form of plates of various sizes, from 0.5 to 30 mm thick, suitable for processing into products by molding and vulcanization. Depending on the purpose, rubber compounds of various brands are produced.

Types of rubber compounds 

Below is the main list of rubber compounds produced by JSC “Kauchuk”. In addition, IRP plant “Kauchuk” has a large number of recipes and allows us to perform custom rubber mixing upon your request.

Type of rubber compound

Rubber group

Technical specifications

Application

Working environment

Operating temperature range,°С

Shore А Hardness

 –

 КР 358

– 

– 

65…80

Manufacture of industrial rubber goods

  including reinforced

 КР 360

– 

-30 to 100

75…85

 7-4004

III-3П

 –

-10 to 100

70…85

 7-3825

III-3П

Increased

-25 to 100

80…95

 7-3826

III-3C

Oil-resistant

-30 to 100

60…75

 7-ИРП-1100

III-3П

– 

-15 to 100

65…80

 7-ИРП-1269

III-3П

 –

-25 to 100

75…85

 7-8470

III-2C

 –

-30 to 100

50…65

 7-9831 Ш

III-2C

Medium

-25 to 100

55…70

 7-ИРП-1068

III-2П

– 

-35 to 130

75…90

 51-3029

III-2П

– 

-45 to 100

70…85

 7-4161

III-1M

 –

-30 to 100

41…55

 7-4326

III-1П

 –

-45 to 100

65…80

 7-7130

III-1П

 –

 -50 to 55

70…80

 7-В-14

III-1П

Lmited

-50 to 100

70…80

 7-В-14-1

IV-П

 

-50 to 100

75…85

 7-ИРП-1352

IV-C

Oil and fuelresistant

-55 to 130

50…60

 Г-34

IV-C

 –

-55 to  100

55…70

 

 7-4326

VI-3П

Lmited Oil and fuelresistant

-45 to 100

65…80

IRP,

shock absorbers,

braking

branch pipes

 7-2462

VI-4C

Air,

  brake fluids

  “Neva”, “Tom”

-50 to 80

60…75

 7-2959

VI-2M

Air,

  water,

weak acids and

alkalis

-50 to 80

45…60

 7-6620

VI-2C

-50 to 80

50…60

 7-ИРП-1315

VI-2C

-50 to 80

60…70

 7-ИРП-1346

VI-2M

-50 to 80

40…50

 7-ИРП-1347

VI-2M

-50 to 80

47…57

 7-ИРП-1348

VI-2П

-50 to 80

65…80

 7-ИРП-1357

VI-2C

-50 to 80

55…70

 КЗ-135

VI-2C

-50 to 80

65…80

 ИРП-1369

XIII-2

-20 to 70

not standardized

For lubrication of

conveyor belts

– 

 51-1481

V-П

Air, ozone, light, overheated water

-50 to 125

76…88

IRP

 

199

I -C

Air,

  water,

weak acids and

alkalis

-35 to 80

60…70

Manufacture of IRP,

shoes,

tires

 359Д

I -П

-30 to 80

70…85

 7-6190

I -C

-35 to 80

60…75

 7-6429

I -C

-35 to 130

50…65

 

 ГХ -1751*

Air,

  water,

weak acids and

alkalis

-35 to 80

80…100

Lining

  shafts

 ГХ -1976*

-35 to 80

50…70

 ГХ -2566*

-35 to 80

35…55

– 

 repairing 
 7-ИРП-1348

VI-2П

Air,

  water,

weak acids and

alkalis

-50 to 80

65…80

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Are you interested in custom rubber mixing?

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