What is a knocking rubber?
Clicking is a harvest of rubber trees, especially one species that comes from South America, Hevea brasiliensis . The sap of rubber trees contains a very high concentration of latex, which is used to produce rubber. Tapping rubber is still done in almost the same way as for centuries. Most of the world's natural rubber production comes from Southeast Asia, the plantations of trees from those originally transplanted from the rainforests of South America.
The rubber tree produces a white milk sap, rich in latex that creates raw rubber when it coagulates. SAP is gathering from trees in such a way that it allows the tree to continue growth, thus becoming a renewable source. Rubber plantations are also considered less ecologically harmful than some other types of agricultural businesses in rainforests. Rubber trees also usually contain many bird species and coexist with other plants and trees, the parts are integrated into the ecosystemU, rather than replaced it completely.
staff on rubber tree plantations use a special knife to cut a thin strip from the outer bark of the rubber tree so as to bend down at approximately 45 degrees when it goes around half the trunk. This cut causes the tree to emerge a latex rich sap and also act as a channel to flow down, where a cup, bag or other container are placed to capture the sap. Theaches are carried out every night or in the early morning hours before dawn, which increases the yield of every cut when the tree begins to quickly heal the wound. The sap flow usually narrows and stops before the end of the day.
The next day, the cut along the same line as the cut from the previous day. This maximizes the yield and the useful life of a particular tree. On one side of the tree used for harvesting rubber sap for a certain period of time, this side of the tree is left to heal and the other stThe morning of the tree is used. The invertible areas of the trunk on the opposite sides of the tree, called panels, can maintain a qualified rubber tapper for years of productive for years.
While a lot of knocking on rubber knocking is still done in this and primitive way, especially on small plantations that own families or individuals, on many larger plantations, the tap process is much more dependent on machines and technologies to reduce work and increase production. However, the basic idea that is behind the tap of the rubber has not changed. It remains the basis for the production of all natural rubber, which is still in demand around the world, even with the invention of synthetic rubber compounds and other alternatives.