Periyar Latex LTD

RSS 1:
This is the superior quality grade of Ribbed Smoked Sheet rubber .This grade must be produced under conditions where all processing operations are carefully and uniformly controlled. Each bale must be packed free of moulds but very slight traces of dry mould on wrappers or bale surfaces adjacent to wrapper found at the time of delivery will not be objected to, provided there is no penetration of mould inside the bale. Oxidized spots or streaks, weak, heated, under cured, and over smoked, opaque and burnt sheets are not permissible.
The rubber must be dry, clean, strong and evenly smoked and free from blemishes, specks, rust, blisters, sand, dirty packing and any other foreign matter. Small pinhead bubbles, if scattered, will not be objected to.
Given below is a sample quality certificate we issue for each consignment.

PERIYAR LATEX LTD,
KERALA, INDIA.

Quality Certificate

The consignment of RSS 1 supplied are carefully inspected and graded and the same strictly conforms to the international standards, accepted world over, as prescribed in the Green Book published by the Rubber Manufactures Association (RMA) inc., Washington D C, United States of America which is re produced below.

Each bale must be packed free of mould but very slight traces of dry mould on wrappers or bale surfaces adjacent to wrapper found at time of delivery will not be objected to, provided there is no penetration of mould inside the bale.

Oxidized spots or streaks, weak, heated, under cured, over-smoked, opaque and burnt sheets are not permissible.

The rubber must be dry, clean, strong, sound and free from blemishes, resinous matter (rust), blisters, sand, dirty packing and any other foreign matter, except slight specks as shown in the sample. Small pin head bubbles, if scattered, will not be objected to

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RSS 2:
RSS 2:
This is the grade of Ribbed Smoked Sheer rubber where slight rust or a slight amount of dry mould on wrappers, bale surfaces and interior sheets, found at the time of delivery, will not be objected to, provided these, either singly or in combination, do not exist in more than 5% of the number of bales included in the delivery, lot or tender as determined by the number of bales inspected. Small bubbles and slight specks of bark, if scattered, will not be objected to. Oxidized spots or streaks, weak, heated, under cured and over smoked, opaque and burnt sheets are ruled out. The rubber must be dry, clean, strong and free from blemishes, blisters, sand, dirty packing and all other foreign matter other than specified above as permissible.
Note- Appropriate quality certificate, as is done for RSS 1 and detailed above, will be issued by us for every consignment

RSS 3:
This is the grade of Ribbed Smoked Sheer rubber where rust and dry mould on wrappers, bale surfaces and interior sheets, found at the time of delivery, will not be objected to, provided these conditions either singly or in combination do not exist to an objectionable extent on or in more than 10% of the number of bales included in the delivery, lot or tender as determined by the number of bales inspected. Slight blemishes in color, small bubbles and small specks of bark are permissible. The other parameters are the same as for RSS 2
Note- Appropriate quality certificate, as is done for RSS 1 and detailed earlier, will be issued by us for every consignment.

RSS 4:
This is the grade of Ribbed Smoked Sheer rubber where rust, dry mould on wrappers, bale surfaces and interior sheets, found at the time of delivery, will not be objected to, provided these conditions, either singly or in combination, do not exist to an objectionable extent on or in more than 20% of the number of bales included in the delivery, lot or tender as determined by the number of bales inspected. Medium size bark particles, bubbles, translucent stains, slightly sticky and slightly over-smoked rubber are permissible, but these should not be evident to a marked degree. The other parameters are the same as for RSS 2 and RSS 3.
Note- Appropriate quality certificate, as is done for RSS 1 and detailed earlier, will be issued by us for every consignment.

RSS 5:
This is the grade of Ribbed Smoked Sheer rubber where rust, dry mould on wrappers, bale surfaces and interior sheets, found at the time of delivery will not be objected to, provided these conditions, either singly or in combination, do not exist to an objectionable extent on or in more than 30 % of the number of bales included in the delivery, lot or tender as determined by the number of bales inspected. Large bark particles, bubbles and small blisters, stains, over smoked, slightly sticky rubber and small blemishes are permissible provided they are not present to a marked degree. Slightly under cured rubber is also permissible but not weak, heated, burnt rubber, and those with oxidized spots or streaks. The rubber must be dry, firm, and free of blisters, except to the extent shown in the sample. Dirty packing, sand and all other foreign matter other than specified above are not permissible.
Note- Appropriate quality certificate, as is done for RSS 1 and detailed earlier, will be issued by us for every consignment.
Packing:
All grades of RSS are packed in bundles of 35kg or 50 kg. If specified, 111.11 kg bales are also made available. Bundles of RSS 1 grades and RSS 2 grades are then packed individually in polythene bags. RSS 3, RSS 4 and RSS 5 bundles are generally smeared with doping solution and polythene bag packing