Rubber technology

Because latex could not be shipped back to Europe, in 1823 Marquell established a rubber factory that used benzene to dissolve rubber to make raincoats, which is considered to be the starting point for the rubber industry.

Since Hankeke invented the two-roller rubber mixer in 1826, American Goodyear invented vulcanization in 1839.

These two inventions were quickly used in production, making breakthroughs in the application of rubber and laying the foundation for the rubber processing industry. By the middle of the 19th century, the rubber industry had begun to take shape in the UK, with more than 1,800 tons of glue.

In 1888, veterinarian Dunlop invented pneumatic tires, and the following year established a pneumatic tire factory, so that most of the rubber was used for tires. This invention made the application of rubber take off.

In the mid-19th century, the UK, which is far ahead of the industry, has established a considerable scale of the rubber industry. Wild natural rubber is in short supply, so the UK has developed a plan to artificially grow natural rubber. In 1876, British H. Wickham smuggled 70,000 seeds from Brazil. After successful trials at the Royal Botanic Gardens in the UK, the saplings were transplanted to the then British Ceylon and later to Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Planting began the era of rubber planting.

Archaeological Discoveries South American Indians knew about using natural latex to make utensils more than 1,000 years ago. The rubber balls excavated in Honduras can be used to trace the history of human rubber use to the 11th century. There is a kind of tree in the locality that will shed the slurry, and the slurry can be used to make utensils. The locals call this tree a tree of tears, that is, “Cahuchu” and because people find that rubber can erase the pencil writing, so take the English name. Is “rubber”.

When Columbus sailed for the second time in 1493-1946, he saw that the ball played by the Haitians could bounce off the ground, only to know that the ball was made from the slurry flowing out of the tree. Kind of substance. As a scientific documented rubber, the French Condamine, who participated in the meridian expedition of the Paris Academy of Sciences to South America in 1735, lived there for 8 years, detailed the rubber information, collected samples and sent them back to Paris. In 1747, French engineer C.F. Fresneau inspected the rubber tree in the forest of Guyana and wrote to Ccmdamine. These letters were read at the French Academy of Sciences in 1751, allowing Europeans to further consider the use of rubber