School’s out for summer: Manufacturing safer rubber accelerators for children’s toys

Safer rubber accelerators can be used in manufacturing children's toys to limit exposure to toxic and harmful chemicals.

New toys will be released this summer holiday to keep our children engaged when playing indoors with friends, or outdoors in playgrounds. For certain rubber toys, manufacturers have to ensure they use safer rubber accelerators in their toys to comply with the following two standards:

• BS EN 71:2016 Safety of Toys Standard.
• BS EN 12868:2017 Child Use and Care Articles Standard for N-Nitrosamines and N-Nitrosatable substances.

These industry standards have been created to ensure toys are deemed suitable and safe to use.

The manufacture of rubber goods using traditional accelerators can result in the generation of harmful residues known as nitrosamines. Nitrosamines are toxic chemicals that can enter the body through ingestion or skin absorption.  

Robac Technology products Robac AS100 and Robac Arbestab Z are safer rubber accelerators used to produce rubber toys, and remove the threat of harmful nitrosamines and toxic chemicals. Robac AS100 and Robac Arbestab Z comply with the BS EN 71:2016 Safety of Toys Standard and BS EN 12868:2017 Child Use and Care Articles Standard for N-Nitrosamines and N-Nitrosatable substances.

Robac Technology can provide technical support in identifying the most suitable safer rubber accelerators to use for applications in toys, balloons and general rubber goods. Want to know more? Click here to read our technical papers online.

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About Us
Robac Technology is the rubber accelerators and polymer chemical division of Robinson Brothers. This business sector focuses specifically on chemicals used in dry and wet rubber applications, plus additional polymer additives. Our product portfolio includes nitrosamine-safe rubber accelerators that can be used in: toys, balloons, gloves, automotive components, medical devices and shoe soles. Find out more about the Robac Technology product range.

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British Footwear Association"

 

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External link: Ranvir Virdi, Boyd Grover, and Kiruan Ghuman (2019) “NITROSAMINE SAFE” THIURAM DISULFIDE. Rubber Chemistry and Technology: January-March 2019, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 90-109.