Lusida Rubber Products: Process of rubber tapping

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Lusida Rubber Products Process of rubber tapping
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• Lusida Rubber Products, Inc specializes in the
  manufacture of rubber products. It is a process
  by which latex is gathered from a rubber tree. A
  groove is sliced deep into the bark of a tree
  using a hooked knife and later the bark is peeled
  off from the bark. Before tapping rubber, one
  should make sure that the tree is approximately
  six years old with six inches in diameter.
• Rubber tapping does not pose threat to the forest
  since it does not involve trees to be cut down
  for the latex to be extracted. Jungle rubber is
  presumed to be the secondary forest. The primary
  objective of a rubber tapper is to eliminate a
  thin layer of bark from the tree. If it is done
  in an appropriate manner, tapping panel extracts
  latex for duration of about five hours.

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• The process of rubber tapping is executed during
  nights or early in the morning. As a result,
  latex would drip much before coagulating and
  sealing cuts. Additional chemicals are mixed to
  the latex cup in order to preserve the latex for
  a longer period of time. Natural coagulation is
  blocked using ammonia solution thereby enabling
  latex to remain in its liquid form.
• Plastic bags that contain coagulant replaced cups
  across various plantations situated at Malaysia.
  This type of latex is primarily used as a raw
  material for latex concentrate.
• Introduction to Elastomers

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• The term 'Elastomers' refers to long chain
  polymers that are capable of cross-linking. This
  process is known by the name 'Vulcanization'.
• The Lusida Rubber Products based in Pasadena,
  California aims at the distribution and supply of
  only superior quality rubber products.

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