How Natural Latex is Processed

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1. Rubber Tree plantation Grown as a renewable resource	$Harvesting Natural Latex$ 2. Harvesting of Sap Each night a new cut is made creating a new flow of latex	$Latex Sap$ 3. Latex flows to cup Collection of latex to begin production
$Concentrated Latex$ 4. Concentrated Used to convert diluted latex to a thicker liquid	$Compounded Latex$ 5. Compounded Mixing of latex, soaps & curing agents in a temperature controlled stainless steel tank	$Foaming Latex$ 6. Foaming/Setting Performed manually to alter the air and latex ratio to create the required firmness
$Latex Processing$ 7. Filling Pouring of foamed liquid into an aluminium pin core mould	8. Vulcanisation Heat applied to bake 100% natural latex	$Stripping Latex$ 9. Stripping Removing solidified product from mould
$Latex Washing$ 10. Washing/leaching Removal of soap residues and other chemicals, aiding to increase durability	$Drying Latex$ 11. Drying Extraction of all residual moisture (Water) Quality Check: 9 Point Pressure / Firmness / Consistency Test Meeting Stringent Quality Standard.	$Cutting Latex$ 12. Cutting/Sizing Cutting latex to required thicknesses
$Latex Hardness Test$ 13. Hardness Test Product tested through hardness tests and density meters (also hand inspected)QUALITY CHECK	14. Shipping Movement of quality assured product from manufacturer to our warehouse	15. Arrival Product arrives in container and unloaded ready for you the customer