ABSTRACT
The rubber industry represents a critical link in a diverse range of associated manufacturing and service industries. Products find varied applications such as in automobiles, medical devices, mining, and many manufacturing systems. The automotive industry in particular owes much of its success to the quality of tires and associated industrial products such as hoses and belts. Tires are essential to the efficient operation of a nation’s transportation and logistics infrastructure. It is therefore appropriate to discuss compound development techniques and to view selected applications of elastomers and other compounding ingredients in important rubber products such as automotive hoses and belts, conveyor belting, and tires.
