Articles made of Extruded rubber products can be easily found in every car or home. Whether it is a seal or be it a belt, extruded rubber products show distinct characteristics which makes it suitable for applications involving appliance, construction or automotive to aerospace, lighting electronics etc.

Basically Rubber Extrusion Industry is concerned with the manufacturing of rubber extruded profiles. Rubber extrusion industry extrudes items like sponge or solid tubing, rods, gaskets, cord, seals or other designs according to specifications. The process involves forcing of rubber continuously through a die. This results in formation of a desired cross-sectional size and shape before the all important curing takes place.

The rubber extrusion industry has gone for a paradigm shift with latest and highly advanced equipment for a faster and more reliable extrusion. The following diagram shows a typical Rubber extrusion line.


Key Developments in the Rubber Extrusion Industry
Some of the Prominent developments in the technology of Rubber Extrusion Industry are highlighted below:

• PLC control of rubber extrusion lines.
  
  
• Latest menus based on CRT and recipe control for using on rubber extrusion lines.
  
  
• Microwave curing.
  
  
• Continuous as well as batch vulcanization of hose in ovens with high velocity.
  
  
• Automotive door seal extrusion lines.
  
  
• Temperature control based on PLC and CRT.
  
  
• High speed reinforced hose lines that applies the spiral technology.
  
  
• In-line accumulator for belt and wire carrier.
  
  
• In-line cutting along with drilling.

Popular Rubber Extrusion Compounds
Given below are some of the popular extrusion compounds that are made into popular products by the Rubber Extrusion industry.

Solid or Dense Rubber	Sponge or Cellular Rubber
EPDM	EPDM
Nitrile	Nitrile
Neoprene	Silicone
Natural	Neoprene

Latest Advancement in Rubber Extrusion Industry: On-line profile measurement system The on-line measurement system featured here is extremely useful in Rubber extrusion industry owing to an extremely short economic payback. This machine achieves 100% dimensional verification of parts. This on-line profile measurement system employs Bytewise Profile Sensors for scanning total outside shape of continuously moving profiles. This machine takes a profile scan, then matches it to a design template, and displays an optical comparator screen along with the key measurement parameters. This machines are applied on extruder lines as an uninterrupted quality checking tool for ensuring key dimensions remain centered and within tolerable limits.