Rubber Success Case

Trial Artemyn kaolin compared to control clay

Function: 

• Filler

Application: 

• Vinyl flooring, carpet backing

Benefits: 

• Improve dimensional stability

• Improve mechanical compression

• Improves durability of flooring

Grades: 

• Hydrous commodity (e.g. Hydrite 121), Air floated

Comparable to control clay

• Without modifying production set-up

Improved mixing times

• ArteFlex 50 and 80 performed better than the control

ArteFlex 50 & 80

Is a high-purity hydrous kaolin with exceptional brightness, narrow particle size distribution, and low impurity levels, creating the ideal foundation for rubber

Application: Filler in tyre rubber

Low usage value:

• Tyre side wall / White lettering / Tread

• Function: Semi-reinforced filler

• Grades: Air floated

High usage value:

• Tyre Inner layer

• Function: Semi-reinforcing filler, gas barrier, high hydrophobicity

• Grades: super platy hydrous kaolin to increase gas barrier effect

Demonstrating ArteFlex value

• Without modifying customer production set-up

Adjust to customer’s production set-up

• Find the right formulation and trial setup

On-site co-operation

• Daily support from lab trial to commercialisation to optimise recipe

ArteFlex 70 & 80 Is a high-purity hydrous kaolin with exceptional brightness, narrow particle size distribution, and low impurity levels, creating the ideal foundation for rubber

ArteFlex 250 and 30 Tyre sidewall / white lettering / tread