Rubber
Rubber Industry in South Africa
The rubber manufacturing situation in South
Africa has changed over the last 20 years. Large manufacturing
organizations have closed down because, in many cases, with the
increase in the value of the Rand against the US Dollar, it is now
cheaper to import rubber or rubber products than to manufacture
them locally however the rubber industry is a critical component
supplier to the major industries in South Africa, namely the
automotive and mining sector which remain at the heart of South
Africa’s economy.
Rubber products in the automotive
industry:
- tyres
- door rubbers and other automotive
accessories
Rubber products in the automotive
industry:
- conveyor belting
- hoses
- safety clothing (safety boots, gloves,
jackets etc)
Emerson in the Steel Processing Industry
Control Techniques South Africa division
of EMERSON Industrial Automation, provides many solutions and
products into the rubber industry of South Africa. A few of our
customers include Dunlop Belting, Dunlop Tyres, Continental Tyres
and Firestone.
Control Techniques offers competitively priced
products that are well suited for the applications in which they
are used. Our variable speed drives are robust and easily withstand
the harsh environments of the rubber industry which are generally
greasy and dirty/dusty environments.
Applications
Control Techniques offers a wide range of
solutions to our customers in the rubber industry. We sell both
individual drive modules and fully automated solutions for process
lines. Some of the solutions offered are:
- Extruders
- Conveyor belts
- Mixers
- Uncoilers and recoilers
- Slitters
Product Solutions
Control Techniques offers a complete range of
variable speed drives for both AC and DC applications in the rubber
industry and have successfully converted many old machines from DC
to AC using our products and solutions.
Our AC drives range
from 0.37kW to 1.9MW in power and our DC
drives range from 25 amps to 1850 amps. Operating voltages are
400V, 525V and 690V.
Our range of Unidrive SP
Free Standing drives provides our customers with an easy
solution for high power applications as these free standing drives
can be butted together to for large drive system offering high
power for applications like extruders. Our simple AC drive the
Commander SK offers a competitive cost
solution for applications in the rubber industry like conveyors,
fans, pumps etc and range from 0.25kW to 132kW