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Home > Forums > Materials Engineers > Materials > Rubber engineering Forum

Identify rubber

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Toxotoxo (Industrial)
31 Mar 12 19:09
Does anyone know what type of rubber is used in this product http://www.josephjoseph.com/kitchen-tools/elevate .


Also what is the manufacturing process called in which a plastic is coated in rubber?

thanks in advance
Metten (Materials)
2 Apr 12 1:56
I personally doubt it is rubber. The carousel set has a base in rubber, are you sure the utensils do too?
btrueblood (Mechanical)
2 Apr 12 10:22
Mfg. process = overmolding.

Rubber possibilities might be santoprene, or other injection-moldable (thermally processed) elastomers, these are the most commonly used.  It would be possible to overmold with just about any rubber, provided the handle material can survive the 250-350 deg. F rubber curing temperature for 1/2 hour or so.  Generally, the slower processing time of cured rubber makes it more expensive than the melt-processable elastomers.
GrahamBennett (Materials)
6 Apr 12 11:10
The handles are probably a grade of TPE such as Santoprene.
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