Helping Rubber Compounding Become More Profitable

RUBBER INDUSTRY

Helping rubber compounding become more profitable with automatic and semi-automatic minor ingredient batching systems, bulk batching and mixer control and monitoring. Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. custom engineers batching systems for minor ingredients, bulk material batching control, liquid dosing and mixer monitoring and control. These systems are employed to manufacture many types of rubber products, […]

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The most common way to batch ingredients for rubber

Industries

What is the most common way to batch ingredients for rubber? This is typically called rubber compounding. What is compounding in rubber processing?  Rubber compounding or formulation refers to the addition of certain chemicals to raw rubber in order to obtain the desired properties. The well-known chemicals are cross linking agents, reinforcements, anti degradants and […]

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Automatic Minor Batching System for Rubber

automatic minor system for rubber

Automatic minor batching system for rubber is one of the most important aspects of rubber compounding.  Accuracy of weighing materials and batching controls for profitable products. Accurate weighing and batching. Flexible, high quality. Custom engineered to your specific objectives is necessary.  Read more here.

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Ingredient Batching for Rubber

Ingredient Batching for Rubber

Ingredient batching for rubber compounding requires process knowledge and an expert level understanding of material weighing and batching system control/automation.  Ingredient batching for rubber requires a custom engineered and manufactured automatic batching system for high productivity and value.  A hybrid ingredient bulk material batching system combines minor bin and bulk bag ingredient batching providing automatic […]

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Mixing Control for Compounding

Mixer Process Control

Mixing control is critical to quality and production efficiency.  Producing rubber combines plastic resin (pellets, flakes, powders, or liquid) is with other materials, including liquids and bulk solid materials.  Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. offers a mixing control system for rubber compounding.  An HMI mixing screen is  provided as an extension of the main batching […]

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Rubber Chemical Batching Made “Automatic”

Sterling Systems has developed the capability for custom engineering rubber chemical batching systems that automate the ingredient batching of the rubber chemicals for the rubber compounding process.  This system uses a hybrid ingredient bulk material batching system that can combine minor bin and bulk bag ingredient batching or just minor ingredient bins, Sterling Systems has […]

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Do you Compound Rubber?

Capabilities for all industries

The first step in most rubber manufacturing processes is compounding.  Do you compound rubber? What is compounding? Rubber compounding involves the science and engineering of rubbers and rubber additives, such as processing aids, fillers, and curing agents, in definite proportions to obtain a uniform mixture that will have desirable physical and chemical properties to meet […]

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Automating Rubber Compounding

MINOR INGREDIENT SYSTEM

Sterling, IL April 2017:  Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. is pleased to announce it has developed and implemented the capability to automate the ingredient batching of the rubber compounding process.  Using a hybrid ingredient bulk material batching system that combines minor bin and bulk bag ingredient batching, Sterling Systems has been automating rubber compounding and […]

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