
Rubber Compounding - an overview | ScienceDirect
Rubber compounding was performed on a two-roll mill (Lab Walzwerk MT 6″×13″, Rubicon, Germany) in a three-stage process. In the first stage, the rubber was mixed with zinc oxide, stearic acid, CB, and Struktol or IPPD. Then the rubber/MLG masterbatch was added to the rubber compound in the second stage. For the M-MLG route, the MLG was added directly at this stage of compounding. Finally