Business Source Quality Rubber Bands

[Music] the kneading process generates heat which softens the rubber making it easier to form into dough the neater spits out rubber dough chunks next a giant rolling pin transforms the dough into wide thin pieces he slices the strips and bundles them in this form it will be easier to control the weight of the rubber in relation to chemicals that are added next [Music] they roll the rubber with a precise amount of sulfur and other chemicals that strengthen the rubber and make it more elastic they then roll the rubber very thin a worker twists and cuts it into small bundles that fit into the opening of an extruding machine it forces the still warm and malleable rubber through dyes to shape it into long hollow tubes the extruder injects air and talcum powder into the tubes to keep the walls from collapsing and sticking together while warm the tubes cool down in a trough of water and they