Gaskets

Manufacturer’s Rubber & Supply offers a wide selection of high-quality gaskets guaranteed to meet the most challenging application requirements. Mechanical seals form pressure-tight seams between two or more mated surfaces. They are instrumental components found in every mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, or pneumatic machine, tool, mechanism, motor, pump, engine, or similar device used in industrial production, manufacturing, and commercial environments.

Common Applications

In addition to preventing the emission or contamination by absorption of unwanted fluids, lubricants, or gases within a mechanical assembly, applications for gaskets vary widely. Gaskets are also used for cushioning, packaging, dampening, hygiene, noise reduction, and sound attenuation, weather resistance, anti-vibration, insulation, and other applications.

How to Select the Right Rubber Gasket for Your Application

When selecting gaskets for your application, remember that gasket materials are chosen for their mechanical properties, characteristics, and capabilities. Many are made of cork, felt, metal, fish paper, foam, and composites. Most are made of synthetic rubbers—EPGM, Neoprene, Silicone, Teflon®, Viton®, PTFE, Nitrile, or Urethane—that consist of various elastomeric compounds dependent on the gasket’s application requirements.

The composition of rubber materials varies in terms of their function. Some are designed for contact with corrosive substances, fluids, or chemicals, while others are designed for oils and lubricants. Petroleum-based fuels, for example, require gasket material that is different from that used in food processing environments. The strength of some types of synthetic rubbers wears down prematurely when used in electrical applications, while the wrong component material in oxygen-related applications can lead to fatigue cracks and brittleness. Silicone-based gasket material is ideal for extreme temperature applications. In contrast, gaskets such as Nitrile, Viton®, and Neoprene can undergo a high degree of deformation while under pressure without loss of attributes or permanent damage to the material.

Gaskets:

• Die cut
• Lathe cut
• Hand-cut
• Machined
• EMI/RFI shielding
• Molded
• Extruded
• Die-formed
• Spiral wound
• Encapsulated strips