Rubber properties – extremely cold vs. extremely warm

Rubber is a natural material and therefore has the properties of a "natural product":

Thermal expansion:

Temperature changes cause changes in size.
These are not permanent, and always regenerate.

Extent: about 0.2 % per 10 °C (= about 2 mm per meter per 10 °C )

with cold:
rubber contracts

with heat:
rubber expands

Remaining deformation from load:

Mechanical loads can cause lasting changes in length and width.

Here the rubber quality plays an important role.

Extent: with KRAIBURG there is a maximum of only 1 %
→ Here KRAIBURG quality speaks for itself!

From Practice:

Our rubber mats are used in extremely cold...

Mongolia

... as well as in extremely warm countries:

United Arab Emirates

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