Applications
Barwell's range of machines is used widely in the rubber and synthetic polymer, ceramics, pharmaceutical and other industries.
For example, the Barwell extruder/prefomer produces preforms or extrudates which are then moulded into a broad range
of products across many applications, including the ones listed below:
Automotive Industry
- Battery boxes
- Small solid rubber tires
- Precision O rings, seals & gaskets
- Mud flaps
- Tailgate bumpers
- Car mats
- Exhaust support rings
- Rubber discs, diaphragms & grommets
- Engine/machine mounts
- Shock absorbers
- Windscreen wiper blades
- Spark plug covers
Shoe Industry
- Shoe sole and heel unit
- Heels
- Soles
- Slipper soles
- Direct vulcanisation blanks (DV moulding)
- Foxing (rubber edging for leisure shoes)
- EVA soles
- Beach shoe thongs
Sports/Leisure Industry
- Swim fins & flippers
- Bowling balls
- Squash balls
- Tennis balls
- Golf balls
- Cricket balls
- Sponge balls
- Hockey pucks
- Rubber handle grips, golf clubs etc
- Roller skate wheels and similar
General Rubber Products Industry
- Hand tool grips
- Hot water bottles
- Novelty rubber items
- Rubber spouts/connectors for taps
- Record discs/turntable mats
- Rubber electrical plugs/connectors/components
- Spectacle frames (cellulose acetate)
- Bottle stoppers/teats
- Mastic sealing rings/washers
- Walking stick rubbers
- Rubber components for domestic appliances
- Wide range of solid/tubular extrusions
- Bridge/sleeper pads
- Dock fenders
- Door stops
Agricultural Industry
- Milking machine teats
- Potato flails
- Rubber seeders
- Links for chain conveyor
- Machinery rubber parts & seals
- Rubber covered sorting belts
Tyres and Retreading/Repairs
- Repair patches
- Camelback of all sizes
- Lugstock of all sizes
- Side wall veneer
- Tyre valve stems
Other Applications
- Pelletizing
- Material screening (particularly silicone)
- Masterbatch
- Preparing strip for feeding injection moulding machines
- Transfer moulding pads
- Intumescent seals
- Mastics & doughs
- Paint solids
- Wax crayons
- Pencil leads
- Extruding ceramic profiles for electrical insulators
- Extruding DMC/fiberglass
- Artificial roofing slates