Cuplum Standard Thai Rubber Process

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Received cuplumps are spread out in the reception area for contamination picking and DRC determination.

   
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Big Slabs of Cup-lumps must be reduced to smaller sizes for effective removal of the contaminants and determination of the contramination levels.
   
Cuplum STR Process image Contaminants removed , cup lumps are stored according to grade and rest to obtain leveled characterisitcs
   
Cuplum STR Process image Upon designated time, cup lumps enter the STR line. Slab-cut, washed and strained to further remove embedded contaminants
   
Cuplum STR Process image Contaminants not removed during the automated processes are removed by hands.
   
Cuplum STR Process image Processed cup lumps are collected in a tank with water overflowing to remove
1. floating particles/contaminants such as raffia, woodchips, branches
2. sinking material such as dirt, sand, gravel sinks to the bottom of the tank and remove periodically.
   
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Cuplum STR Process image
After series of size reduction, rubber crumbs are crepe in series of decreasing thickness to obtain aggregated rubber crumbs
   
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Crumbs are placed in trolley and oven-dried at 120?C for 7-8 minutes depending on the nature of the input cup lumps

   
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Cuplum STR Process image
Biscuits are baled and packed in PE pouches
   
Cuplum STR Process image Each bale passes through the metal detector to prevent any possible metal contaimination that can cause serious damage to the customer machines.
   
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Cuplum STR Process image
Bale are inspected and sampled for
1. white spot/contamination
2. Physical Characteristics
   
Cuplum STR Process image Baled STR blocks are packaged according to the customer specifications.
   
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Cuplum STR Process image
Rubber bales are tested for the physical properties and are graded as such.