As an important type of vibration damping element, rubber vibration dampers are widely used in various types of machinery, automobiles, railway locomotives, water transport vehicles, aircraft, and other aircraft. It can be said that wherever vibration damping and isolation are required, rubber vibration dampers are needed.

Rubber vibration dampers can be narrowly classified by shape as follows:
(1) Compression Type: This type is mainly used in the compression direction. Its advantage is high load-bearing capacity, but the elastic coefficient in the compression direction should not be too low.

(2) Cylindrical Type: This type of rubber vibration damper can be used for vibration damping in the vertical, axial, torsional, and bending directions. For the vertical direction, it is similar to the compression type rubber vibration damper, and its load-bearing capacity is generally large, but the elastic coefficient should not be too small.

(3) Composite type: This type of rubber shock absorber is used in a combination of compression and shear directions, possessing intermediate characteristics between compression and shear types.

(4) Shear type: This type is mainly used in the shear direction. It has a lower load-bearing capacity but the advantage of a very small elastic modulus.

Rubber shock absorbers can be broadly classified according to their function as follows:

(1) Dynamic shock absorbers that eliminate vibrations at specific frequencies;

(2) Rubber couplings are also included in the category of rubber shock absorbers;

(3) Rubber springs used as mechanical actuating parts;

(4) Narrowly defined rubber shock absorbers that support various devices;

(5) Rubber buffers designed to absorb shocks.