Rubber & Elastomers

Rubber compounders buy their vulcanization system from SoleChem: accelerators such as N-Cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide (CBS), Tertbutyl Benzothiazole Sulfenamide (TBBS), Benzothiazyl Disulfide (MBTS), Diphenyl Guanidine and the dithiocarbamates Zinc Dibutyl Dithiocarbamate (ZDBC) and Zinc Diethyl Dithiocarbamate (ZDEC), together with Sulphur and the activators Zinc Oxide and Zinc Stearate.

Reinforcing and processing materials include Fumed Silica, Paraffin, Chlorinated Paraffin, Dioctyl Adipate and Tricresyl Phosphate; Azodicarbonamide is supplied for sponge rubber, Antimony Trioxide for flame-retardant compounds and Polytetramethylene Ether Glycol (PTMEG) for polyurethane elastomers. Diethylhydroxylamine serves as a shortstop in emulsion polymerization.