Medical

Medical Nitrosamine Free Rubber Accelerators

IR Tubes Pvt. Ltd. has been serving and providing a variety of chemicals to the Medical Industry for the past three decades. They continually build relationships with their customers to ensure newly developed products are available to meet the needs.

Rubber is beneficial because of its versatility to the many needs in the medical industry. Products in this industry are surgical gloves, examination gloves, injection bottle stoppers, tubes, condoms, breathing bags, cushioning, or supporting materials, prosthetics, implants and catheters. The best example of why to use specialised chemicals that are nitrosamine free is that of patients who have a latex allergy or are sensitive to latex. In some people latex may cause an allergic reaction, complications, and cause side effects when it is used to make these devices. One must consider the toxicity of the material when it comes to manufacturing medical supplies that must be placed directly into a patient’s body. Using only Nitrosamine Free Rubber Accelerators must be ensured to manufacture a safe, non-toxic rubber product further.

For those involved in medical product development, selecting a high-quality elastomer for critical applications can be a challenge. Designers, engineers, and managers must carefully evaluate a wide array of material properties and processing possibilities to meet demanding performance specifications and budget requirements. With so many materials and fabrication methods available today, it is often difficult to recognise the optimum solution, and the consequences of selecting an inferior material can range from lost time and money to total project failure.

 Their partners often require these specialty chemicals to be produced in widely differing quantities, ranging from grams to multi-tonnes. It is crucial to their success that they can rely on I R Tubes as Nitrosamine free rubber accelerator suppliers to deliver these products as and when they need them.  I.R. Tubes, continually works with their customers to ensure new products are available to meet their needs.

Advantages at a glance:

Efficient decision-making, flexible quantities

Individual customer service

Technical support and back up from the principals

Cooperative and individualised development

Delivery of small batches to suit customer needs.

Use of renewable materials and resources.

User-friendly products

Efficient logistical support

Nitrosamine free Rubber Accelerators

Nitrosamine (NAs) is a chemical compound that is generated during the process of mixing, storing and vulcanising (range of chemical processes that improve the physical properties of rubber) synthetic rubber. The harmful properties of Nitrosamines are not unknown to the rubber industry.

Amines are chemical compounds derived from ammonia. By substituting one or all the hydrogens in ammonia with a carbon containing group, primary, secondary, and tertiary amines are created. NAs are formed by secondary amines reacting with oxides of nitrogen. Secondary amines are of most concern. Primary amines do form Nas but they are unstable and quickly decompose. Tertiary amines typically do not form NAs.

NAs are produced mostly during the curing and post curing process of rubber components. Therefore, the air quality leading to exposure to NAs to workers in the manufacturing facility is very important. In addition, NAs migrate to the surface on rubber parts after cure during storage and use. The solution to the NAs issue is to either avoid compounds completely, use only safe regulated NA generating additives or use an inhibitor to absorb NAs. Coupled with this is also the education and training of all employees and general good manufacturing practices.

Robac AS 100, an alternative, and for which I. R. Tubes Pvt. Ltd. Is the supplier, is a primary accelerator used globally in dry elastomers and latex. It has been selected as the primary or secondary accelerator of choice in such articles as baby soothers and teats, balloons, condoms, glove, black filled NR, IR and NBR vulcanizates. It is completely consumed during cure, non=blooming, free from copper staining and taste and easily dispersible.

Robinson Brothers offers rubber manufacturers a variety of safe and non-nitrosamine producing accelerators, as well as some nitrosamine inhibitors.

I R Tubes Pvt. Ltd., with their growing portfolio of chemicals plays a vital role in both dry and wet rubber applications. Given the increasing awareness also around using environmentally friendly chemicals, they offer their customers products that provide safer alternatives.