Safer Rubber Accelerators: Safer Ingredients for Everyday Products

Pacifiers, surgical gloves, rubber ducks – what do they all have in common? Latex. The components differ for each item and all require a rubber accelerator. A rubber accelerator is essentially required during the manufacturing process to accelerate the linkage between rubber molecules.

Rubber accelerators contribute to the durability, strength and tensile properties of latex. Using latex products containing traditional accelerators can cause an allergic reaction. This is why rubber goods manufacturers look for safe ingredients that prevent or reduce an allergic reaction.

Robinson Brothers has a dedicated team that focuses on the development of safer rubber accelerators. Part of the Robac Technology range, the company offers a range of rubber accelerators that have been proven to be safer compared to traditional rubber accelerators. One such example is Robac AS100. This rubber accelerator does not contain any of the nitrosamine linked to a Type IV allergy.

Type IV allergy is also known as cell-mediated contact dermatitis. This can be caused by a hypersensitivity to the rubber accelerator, rather than the latex itself. Robac AS100 does not contain nitrosamines and is considered to be a much safer alternative to traditional rubber accelerators in the market.

Robac AS100 has proved particularly successful in natural rubber medical gloves, baby teats, sports shoe soles, personal protective equipment, condoms, catheters, medical sheeting and tubing.

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