SHEET RUBBER
NEOPRENE (CHLOROPRENE)
Neoprene exhibits good chemical stability and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range.
NITRILE (BUNA-N)
This rubber is unusual in being resistant to oil, fuel, and other chemicals.
EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer)
EPDM exhibits outstanding resistance to heat, ozone, steam, and weather
SOLID SILICONE RUBBER
Silicone rubber offers good resistance to extreme temperatures, being able to operate normally from −100 to 300 °C (−150 to 570 °F)
FKM (Fluoroelastomers / VITON)
FKM’s provide additional heat and chemical resistance.
CLOTH INSERTED RUBBER
Cloth inserted sheet material is designed to add stability where mechanical fastening is necessary, and to reduce gasket creep where heavy flange loading is required. The fabric helps reduce tearing when fastened.
CORK & RUBBER
Cork-and-rubber offers the compressibility of cork with the flexibility of rubber to make an excellent sealing material. Cork-and-rubber can be cut easily, and because it is strong and flexible, it can be used for making gaskets with narrow flanges.
CLOSED CELL FOAM
Closed cell rubber is an excellent seal for moisture, dust, air, gas, smoke, noise, etc. with many varieties conforming to ASTM D1056 and UL standards.
Closed Cell Foam comes in a variety of densities, configurations and base elastomers.
Some examples include:
Neoprene / Buna-N / EPDM/ Silicone/ Viton/Vinyl
Polyethylene (Volara)
Some suppliers include:
Rubberlite (Armacell)
St. Gobain
Rogers Corp.
OPEN CELL FOAM
Allows water, air or gas to pass through. It is also excellent for padding and cushioning applications where low compression set is required.
Some examples include:
Rogers Corp.PORON® is high density, flexible, microcellular urethane foam materials are manufactured by continuously casting and curing mechanically mixed formulas to the desired thickness.
Microcellular Urethane foams offer a broad range of design solutions for gasketing, sealing, vibration and sound dampening and energy absorption. Low compression set and low out gassing features makes these high performance foams ideal for applications in communications, automotive, electronic, and other industrial devices.
FOAM RUBBER & SPONGE RUBBER
non-asbestos
GASKETING materials
INTERFACE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
Fibre based gasketing material with rubber binders for a host of applications.
N-8090 / N-8092 / N-8094 / NI-2085 / CS-301 / TN-9001 / TN-9004 / RN-8011 / HFL-971 & MORE
GARLOCK
Aramid fibre material with rubber binder. Great for high temperature/ high pressure applicatons.
KLINGERSIL
Klingersil is a range of asbestos-free calendared sealing materials able to cover a wide range of applications based around a number of different fibres and rubber binders.
FLEXTALLIC
Flexitallic SF3300 is suitable for use across a wide range of media including low and intermediate pressure steam, oils, fuels, solvents and mild chemicals.
FRENZELIT
Innovative Gasket Materials. Reliable use in industry and plant engineering: From power plants to the food industry, from heating to ship engineering.
ENGINEERED GRAPHITE
Engineered Graphite gaskets combine the positive properties of graphite and Kelvar. The material owes its excellent resistance to temperature and media to the high percentage of graphite and its high tensile strength to the Kelvar fiber used.
DuPONT NOMEX®
Nomex® 410, the original form of Nomex® paper, is widely used in a majority of electrical equipment applications. Nomex® 410 is used in almost every known electrical sheet insulation application.
NOMEX® Type 411 is the uncalendered precursor of NOMEX® Type 410 with a density of 0.3 and correspondingly
lower electrical and mechanical properties.
KAPTON
Kapton® type HN is a tough, aromatic polyimide film, exhibiting an excellent balance of physical, chemical, and electrical properties over a wide temperature range, particularly at unusually high temperatures.Kapton® polyimide film can be used in a variety of electrical and electronic insulation applications: wire and cable tapes, formed coil insulation, substrates for flexible printed circuits, motor slot liners, magnet wire insulation.
FISH PAPER (VULCANIZED FIBRE)
Fish Paper is a strong, flexible, fibrous paper. It resists moderate heat and mechanical injury. Intended for electrical applications involving high dielectric strength. Fish paper has good forming and bending qualities.
BERGQUIST THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS
SIL-PAD®
Thermally conductive, silicone insulator pad for demanding aerospace and commercial applications. High cut-through, low thermal impedance.
Gap Pad®
A high performance, thermally conductive, silicone-based gap pad filler with an exceptional thermal conductivity
FORMEX
Formex™ GK materials are used in order to comply with UL, CSA, IEC, VDE, TUV, BSR or MITI standards when there is a need for electrical insulators and barriers. This unique product line has successfully replaced a variety of flame retardant sheet materials including polycarbonate, polyester, PVC and aramid papers.
ELECTRICAL/ THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS
OTHER MATERIALS
SHIELDING MATERIALS
EMI SHIELDING:
Parker Chomerics POLA® SOLID, also known as TECKNIT® ELASTOMET®, consists of oriented wire in a silicone elastomer providing EMI shielding and weather sealing at a fraction of the cost of alternative products.
The CHO-SEAL family of extruded nickel-plated graphite filled elastomers addresses a range of
EMI shielding and environmental needs for both internal and external applications
RF SHIELDING:
LAIRD Eccosorb® MCS
Eccosorb MCS is a thin, flexible, high-loss, magnetically loaded, electrically non-conductive
silicone rubber sheet. It is designed for the frequency range from 800 MHz to 6 GHz.
PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a fluoropolymer and is commonly known by its trade name, Teflon®
PET FILM
Melinex® & Mylar® Polyester Films
Flexible, exceptionally strong and durable translucent and clear films produced by DuPont Teijin
3M VHB ADHESIVES
High-strength bonding tape and a proven alternative to screws, rivets, welds and other mechanical fasteners.
VEGETABLE FIBRE
Plant fibre, chemically treated to resist coal tar, oils, water, alcohol, grease, air, gas, gasoline and solvents of all kinds
THIN GAUGE PLASTICS
LDPE (LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE)
LEXAN
NYLON 6/6