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Latex is a natural milky liquid material which is extracted from the sap of the rubber tree, Hevea Brasiliensis. This milky liquid latex is then processed and made into comfortable solid latex foam which is used in latex mattress manufacturing.
How Latex India's Best Certified Natural Latex Mattress Manufacturer
Our story starts in the forests of Kerala, India, where rubber trees thrive and are found in abundance. Our mattress factory, which is situated in Kottayam, Kerala, is also surrounded by vast rubber forests. The latex used in our mattresses and pillows are tapped from these forests which is spread across most of Kerala.
The process of drawing liquid latex from the soft barks of rubber trees is called 'latex tapping'. Deep grooves are made in the soft bark with hooked knives. We are careful not to make them in a way that harms the growth of the tree. The liquid then oozes out of these grooves. At the end of the groove, we place a container to collect the liquid latex The process of tapping can be cut short when the oozing halts, which can often happen within six hours. However, the beauty of these trees is that we can immediately make new cuts in their barks to access their bounty once again.
Don't worry; no trees are harmed during the process. Interestingly, the sap in the rubber trees gets replenished quickly. Also tapping rubber trees for their liquid must be done when there is no direct sunlight. Sunlight can cause the collected latex to turn hard. Hence, tapping is always carried out at night or in the wee hours of the morning.
What more? The trees actually reduce carbon dioxide in the air by a huge margin. Hence, cultivating them is a huge boon!
Now it is time to use the moulds! The latex foam paste from the previous step is poured into special moulds. The vulcanization process follows, which consists of the moulds being sealed and heated. This process ensures that latex gets the right balance between firmness and softness. The pin core technology used helps create an opportunity for healthy air to flow through the mattress.
Once the latex is removed from the mould, we spray water to cool and clean the mattress. Then we bake it in a special oven to ensure there is no extra moisture. The end product is firm yet soft, comfortable, and just in the right texture for you.
We are committed to shipping out great quality products for all our customers. We regularly undertake manual and computerised testing of the each mattress that we produce. We compress different parts of each mattress and feed the data into our computers this ensures that only those with an acceptable & pleasant level of stiffness make it through the quality inspection.
Testing for durability is equally important for us. We take one mattress per batch and place it in a barrel. This rotates for several times, to reproduce the conditions of someone lying on the mattress. In this way, the barrel rotations are mimicking the movements of someone moving around on the mattress. This goes on for hours and hours. The number of rotations before the mattress begins to deteriorate gives us a clear picture of its durability and thus the durability of all the mattresses in that batch.
The most premium and sought-after international certification is GOLS, ISO and BRIT QUALIS to prove that the material used is genuine natural latex and that it is safe even for kids.
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