Butyl Rubber (IIR) Production. Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing Industry
Butyl rubber (IIR), also called isobutylene-isoprene rubber, a synthetic rubber produced by copolymerizing isobutylene with small amounts of isoprene. Valued for its chemical inertness, impermeability to gases, and weather ability, butyl rubber is employed in the inner linings of automobile tires and in other specialty applications.
Butyl Rubber Applications
Butyl rubber is one of the most commonly used rubber materials used in the manufacturing of a wide range of industrial rubber products. The remarkable properties of butyl rubber like excellent impermeability/air retention and good flex properties, make it a key polymer for a wide range of technical rubber applications. For more information on this type of rubber, check out our section on Butyl Rubber. We present below the use of butyl rubber in various applications:
•Automotive Tires
One of the most popular use of butyl rubber is in the making of automotive tires. The first commercial use of butyl rubber was seen in the tire inner tubes. Regular butyl provide excellent inflation pressure retention for truck, bicycle, industrial, agricultural and specialty tires. Butyl rubber is capable to produce more durable tubeless tires with the air retaining inner liner chemically bonded to the body of the tire.
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