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Ribbed Smoked Rubber Sheet Production – A Review

International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Vol.3 , No. 2, Publication Date: Feb. 12, 2018, Page: 38-41

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[1]	Emmanuel Adeleke Fagbemi, Technology Development Division, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria.
[2]	Micheal Audu, Technology Development Division, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria.
[3]	Patrick Ayeke, Technology Development Division, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria.
[4]	Andrew Ohifuemen, Technology Development Division, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin City, Nigeria.

Abstract

Latex from rubber trees can be concentrated for production of carpet underlay, balloons, condoms e.t.c. or either process for production of smoked sheet that is used in manufacturing of tyres, footwear’s, bridge pad and building foundation (to prevent earth quake). Production of smoked rubber sheet starts from the transportation of field latex to the processing centre, where the latex DRC is determined (using quick but approximate method “Metrolac Method”) to know the quantity of water to standardise the latex as well as the volume of coagulant to be added using standard equations provided in this paper. The coagulated slab is then machined into ribbed sheet and allowed to dripped dry in air for four hours before charging into the smoked house for drying. The smoked dried sheets are sorts into grades and packages for sale. The demand for ribbed smoked rubber sheets (RSS) is higher in production of automobile tyres.

Keywords

Ribbed, Smoked, Rubber, Sheet

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