Rubber in particular is an important class of polymer material
due to their specific applications. About 70% of rubbers are used in
automotive tyre and tyre based products, 10% in footwear and
engineering products and about 10% in mechanical goods and
remaining in other applications. Several works have carried out in
literature in rubber–nanoclay composites and improved results in
mechanical and thermal properties are observed [13–15]. In
general, literature work is focused on the preparation of rubber–
nanoclay composites using solution and melt mixing [16–18],
milling [19], radiation induced curing [20], latex dispersion
[21,22], pre-vulcanization [23] and two-roll mixing [24]. This
work is focused on the preparation of rubber–nanoclay composites
using Banbury mixer, a direct single step compounding process
method in which automotive rubber tyres are manufactured in
industries