Natural rubber initial processing machinery and method

A drying process for initial processing of natural raw rubber, comprising:

• (a) providing a coagulated latex, wherein the coagulated latex contains water and volatile compositions;
• (b) dewatering the coagulated latex through a screw-pressing process such that free water liquid is removed;
• (c) forming a first pretreated latex material in solid form;
• (d) aging the first pretreated latex material through an aging process in such a manner that water and volatile compositions in gasified formed are removed due to pressure accumulation and subsequent dramatic decrease in pressure, wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:
• (d.1) transporting the first pretreated coagulated along an elongated channel structure of an aging machine from a first end to a second end;
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• (d.2) increasing pressure along the channel structure of the aging machine that when the first pretreated coagulated latex reaches the second end of the channel structure of the aging machine, a pressure of the first pretreated coagulated latex is increased to a sufficient level at which a pressure requirement for aging is fulfilled;
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• (d.3) providing heat at the second end of the channel structure of the aging machine wherein temperature requirement of aging is fulfilled while squeezing the first pretreated latex material out of the second end of the elongated channel structure of the aging machine, such that the water and volatile compositions in the first pretreated latex material are removed while the aged latex formed has a uniform texture;
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• (e) forming a final product of aged latex material.