Research and Development of Natural Rubber Processing Technology for Vehicle Radial Tire Manufacturing in Vietnam

Vietnam is now one of the top world leaders in rubber production and export. However, we mainly produce and export SVR 3L, and have not researched to produce SVR 10 and 20 to meet the needs of vehicle radial tire manufacturing. At the moment, all big companies of vehicle radial tire manufacturing in Vietnam must import 10 and 20 grade rubber from Asia countries with a high cost and depend much on their companies. It is necessary to do research to make SVR 10 or 20 in Vietnam for companies to manufacture vehicle radial tire used local latex rubber. In the paper, we present our own study on a natural rubber processing technology for vehicle radial tire manufacturing in Vietnam used local latex rubber. The test results have shown that our SVR 10 product samples can be provided to companies of vehicle radial tire manufacturing. We are still studying in order to increase the quality and stability and decrease the cost for the SVR 10 rubber. We do hope our novel rubber can be replaced totally imported products in near future.