Shenhua Printing Observation: Current Development Status and Technological Upgrade Direction of the Ejection Rubber Industry
With the development of the printing and packaging industry towards high speed, precision and environmental protection ejection rubber as the core auxiliary consumable in the die cutting process, has shown an obvious upgrade trend in its industry development. Based on years of industry observation, Shenhua Printing has sorted out the current development status of the ejection rubber industry and the future direction of technological upgrading, providing reference for practitioners.
The current development status of the ejection rubber industry presents a "polarization" trend: on the one hand, the mid-to-low-end market is full of a large number of inferior ejection rubbers. These products are produced with recycled rubber and low-quality foaming agents, with unstable performance and short service life, mainly attracting customers with low prices, leading to vicious market competition; on the other hand, the demand for the high-end market is growing continuously. With the popularization of high-speed die cutting machines and precision die cutting processes, enterprises have higher and higher requirements for the rebound speed, dimensional accuracy and environmental protection of ejection rubber, and the market share of high-quality and special ejection rubber is gradually expanding.
Technological upgrading has become the core development direction of the ejection rubber industry. First, material formula upgrading: traditional ordinary rubber ejection rubber is gradually replaced by high-performance composite rubber. By adding special additives, the rebound performance, wear resistance and weather resistance of the ejection rubber are improved, and at the same time, it is environmentally friendly and non-toxic, meeting international environmental standards such as RoHS and FDA, and adapting to high-end scenarios such as food packaging and medical packaging. The composite rubber ejection rubber developed by Shenhua Printing has a rebound rate of more than 98% and a service life 3 times longer than that of traditional ejection rubber.
Second, processing technology upgrading: the use of precision CNC processing equipment improves the dimensional accuracy and surface flatness of the ejection rubber, controlling the thickness tolerance within ±0.03mm to meet the needs of precision die cutting; at the same time, improving the foaming and cross-linking processes makes the cells of the ejection rubber more uniform and the performance more stable. In addition, customized upgrading has become a trend. Due to the great differences in the needs of different industries and different die cutting scenarios, standardized ejection rubber can no longer meet the needs of all customers. Enterprises need to customize ejection rubber of different formulas, specifications and shapes according to the specific processes and materials of customers.
In the future, the ejection rubber industry will further develop towards "high performance, environmental protection, customization and refinement". With the continuous progress of technology, the performance of ejection rubber will be continuously optimized, the service life will be continuously extended, and more attention will be paid to environmental protection and adaptability. Shenhua Printing believes that only by keeping up with the industry upgrading trend, continuously investing in technological research and development, and improving product quality and service level, can we remain invincible in the fierce market competition and provide support for the high-quality development of the printing and packaging industry.