Rubberbands are a stretch of rubber or latex in the shape of a loop and are widely used to hold objects togther. Rubber bands are known by various names like binder, elastic or lacker band or gumband. These bands are frequently used in many businesses, industries as well as at home. They are well suited for holding multiple objects together and are reusable and economical. They are available in many different sizes and colors. Today, in the 21st centurey, rubber bands are considered one of the most convenient products, used by many individuals and industries for a wide variety of purposes. Indutrial rubber bands heavy duty industrial size and strength bands , designed to stabilize almost any size load.

Manufacturing process of rubber band
A long rubber tube is manufactured using high grade synthetic rubber, which is then sliced into little bands. Rubber bands are also being manufactured using natural rubber because of its superior elasticity. With the vulcanization process and emergence of synthetic rubber, these bands have become more durable and elastic. The size of a small rubber band can be less than an inch in diameter, while large rubber bands can be several feet across. Details of the manufacturing process is given in our article Rubber Bands: The Making

Rubber Bands Sizes and Measuring
Standard rubber bands are assigned a "size number" that corresponds to dimensions: length, width and thickness dimensions

• Length: The length is half its circumference.
• Thickness: The distance from the inner circle to the outer circle.
• Width: The height of that band or cylinder

There are various number of standard sizes of rubber bands available in the market. In-case, if you can not find the appropriate size, many suppliers will create custom rubber bands according to your exact specifications. You can specify the diameter, width, and wall thickness of the size that you require. They can also be custom printed.

Types of rubber used in rubber bands
All bands are not made of the same materials. There are four primary materials used to make the different rubber band types. They are Natural Rubber, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPM, EPDM), Synthetic polyisoprene, Silicone compounds etc. These materials have special properties that make them best for certain jobs.

Rubber Bands Uses
The rubber bands are used to hold a large number of things such as follows:

• These bands are used to suspend hard drives in a computer case. Suspending hard drives help in avoiding contact between the hard drives and the computer case. This in turn results in reducing vibrations to the case, thereby reducing noise in the computer case.
• These bands are often used in orthodontics. This helps to realign teeth over a period of time.
• These band can also serve the purpose of an eraser by simply wrapping a rubber band tightly around the end of a pencil.
• They are used during aerobic exercising as fitness tools.
• These bands are sometimes used to power model aircraft or other mechanical toys because of its property of stretchable. When the rubber band untwists itself, it will help to rotate the wings affixed to it.
• These bands are used as projectiles.
• These bands are used to hold small objects or file papers or in many official uses etc.

Applications of Rubber Bands
These Bands have an extensive range of applications in both heavy and small industries like agriculture,packaging, stationery, fishery, transportation, leisure trades etc.

Rubber Bands Consumption in US
Rubber bands have a large variety of uses and have become one of the United States business staple over the years. The largest consumer of rubber bands in the world is the U.S. Post Office. There is annual order of millions of pounds of rubber bands which are used in sorting and delivering piles of mail. The newspaper industry also uses large quantities of rubber bands to keep individual newspapers rolled or folded before are delivered from home to home. Another large consumer of rubber band is the agricultural products industry. The flower industry uses rubber bands to hold together bouquets. Rubber bands are also tied around the petals of flowers (especially tulips) to keep them from opening in transit. Vegetables such as celery are bunched together with rubber bands. The plastic coverings over broccoli, cauliflower, other vegetables and fruits are often tied with rubber bands. All in all, more than 30 million pounds of rubber bands are sold in the United States alone each year.

Buying Tips
For wholesale purchase of rubber bands, the basic factors that are to be taken into consideration are as follows:

• Highest count per pound
• Highest tensile strength
• Soft stretch
• Highest rubber content
etc.