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Natural Rubber Product Manufacturing 

While there are many options available for materials requiring high resistance to chemicals, for those looking for excellent resilience, abrasion and tear strength, natural rubber is still a good choice. It also has a high tensile strength and good compression set. Additional characteristics include an excellent adhesion to metals, good friction resistance and good resistance to organic acids and alcohols. Custom compounding can increase characteristic ranges.

Natural rubber is still used in many applications such as fluid stoppers and as a vibrational dampener. Due to its abrasion resistance, it is also used in many applications where excessive friction would degrade other materials. These uses include shock mounts, gaskets, seals, rolls and hose and tubing.

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Natural Rubber

Vip Rubber and Plastic is one of the best rubber and plastic manufacturing facilities in America. We specialize in custom rubber extrusions, plastic extrusions, rubber sheet products, molded rubber products, plastic pipe and tubing.

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Characteristics

Natural Rubber is ASTM D-2000 Classification AA. It is known by the chemical definition Polyisoprene.

  • Heat Aging Resistance – Poor
  • Abrasion Resistance – Excellent
  • Compression Set Resistance – Good
  • Tear Resistance – Good
  • Resilience – Excellent
  • Tensile Strength – 500-35oo P.S.I.
  • Elongation – 700% Maximum
  • Flame Resistance – Very Poor
  • Weather Resistance – Poor
  • Ozone Resistance – Poor
  • Gas Permeability Resistance – Poor
  • Oil Resistance – Very Poor
  • Water Resistance – Excellent
  • Standard Temperature Range: -58° to +158°F. (Dry Heat Only)
  • Hardness (Shore A): 40 to 70

Industries

Due to its resilience, natural rubber can be used in the Mining industry and in processing industries where shock, vibration and resilience is required absent exposure to chemicals and fuels. It is still used extensively within the Automotive industry as well.

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Other Rubber Materials

Butyl has superior shock-dampening capabilities and is excellent as an electrical insulator and outstanding resistance to heat, abrasion and tearing.

Butyl

Vip’s Ecoprene rubber is a proprietary formulation that offers a good, low-cost material alternative for use in non-critical applications.

Ecoprene

EPDM molded compound products are known for their excellent resistance to ozone, mild acids, detergents, alkalis, silicone oils, alcohol and ketones.

EPDM

custom compounded rubber

Fluorosilicone rubber products features the wide temperature stability of silicone combined with the resistance to fuel, oil and solvents that fluorocarbon exhibits.

Fluorosilicone

FKM Viton rubber

For those seeking a combination of characteristics that include high-temperature resistance and chemical resistance, FKM Rubber – Fluorocarbon is often considered a universal elastomer for its ability to perform in many applications requiring both.no

FKM Viton

Neoprene rubber extrusions

Chloroprene was originally developed as an oil-resistant substitute for natural rubber.

Neoprene

Image nitrile

Nitrile has excellent resistance to silicone greases, hydraulic fluids, alcohols, and water.

Nitrile

silicone rubber extrusion

Silicone rubber is an extremely versatile material with one of the widest temperature ranges for elastomers, making it an ideal choice for use in applications across many industries.

Silicone

When you need the military spec silicone rubber known as ZZ-R-765 (superseded by A-A-59588) look no further than Vip Rubber and Plastic Company.

ZZ-R-765 / A-A-59588

Styrene Butadiene, SBR, Buna-S™ is a copolymer of styrene and butadiene that exhibits good physical properties.

Buna-S™ (SBR)

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