Uratex’s Foaming Technology

- March 11, 2012

HOW URATEX MAKE FOAM?

By using state-of the -art equipment. Multiplex RNC Philippines of the RGC foam group, makers of the popular URATEX foam, totally revolutionized foam-making not only in the Philippines but also in South East Asia.

The Research & Development laboratory- Just like cooking a good foam starts with the perfect recipe, and in foam making, the R&D facility of the RGC foam Group, one of the country’s most advanced, is where it all starts. There, Uratex laboratory personnel develop formulations that result to certain types of foam and also conduct tests to ensure that the formulation will meet final product specifications that customers look for. Over the years, this department has developed thousands of formulations that benefited the Philippine industrial history, from the car development program in the 1970’s to the footwear, garments and electronic boom in the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Foaming – Once the formulation is finalized, it is entered into the foaming machine’s computer system. There, up to 26 streams of different chemicals are dosed using computer-controlled metering pumps for precision. The liquid will turn into cream within seconds and then into solid state within 1.5 – 2 minutes, and where the solid foam block may be cut between 1 to 60 meters in length. At the Muntinlupa plant, the foam is cut in 30- meters lengths. This high tech machinery is complimented by a quality management system and ran by highly trained personnels.

Curing Area – The 30 meter long blocks are then picked up by an overhead crane and transferred to the curing area. Foam is produced via an exothermic reaction where the center may reach up to 145-165 degrees Celsius within 20-30 minutes. It will not start to cool for another 3-4 hours but will reach room temperature within 24 hours and is “cured”..

Foam block warehouse – This is the storage area for the foam blocks. From there, the plant’s production department will request for a specific type of block with different sizes as per orders coming from customers. These blocks are then moved to the production area where they will be cut according to the desired sizes

Production Area – It is from this area where the Uratex products that we all see come from. The foam blocks are cut into the requested size and then “contoured” based on the type of product to be produced, whether a pillow, a mattress, or even a car seat foam. Once cut and contoured, the product goes straight to packaging under strict quality control standards, ready for delivery to the customer.

Hence, URATEX , their technology has take them to their utmost peak of excellence having their ISO Certificates in year 2000 dominating almost all of the foaming and plastic products from monoblocks, ready wrap containers , car foaming accessories such as known brands like Mercedez Benz ,basic and fashion wear accessories such as avon and most of all the Bedding technologies from all foam technology into the spring technologies standards and is competing with the most known international mattress in the World.