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by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
EMI/RFI Gaskets are not a new technology. They have been around for the last 60 years. However, once in a while a new technology emerges for a different type of foam, or a different type of orientation of materials. Over the last few years, a new type of particle has...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we manufacture an incredible array of applications. In today's blog, I thought I’d talk about something we’ve all interacted with at some point. In today's world, we are trying to have the data at our fingerprints all the time. Some of these mobile devices...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Waterjet Cutting
Customers buy all sorts of silicone rubber gaskets. In fact, silicone rubber gasketing materials are some of our most popular materials we sell to customers. Of course, theres all sorts of silicone rubber materials. Customers sometimes ask if one is better than the...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we sell gaskets, lots of them. I would love nothing better than to sell a fully loaded pure silver gasket. Love it. However, I’ll be honest, I don’t think that's necessary most times. When customers have all the money in the world to spend, sometimes I wish...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At this point, I’ve written 250 blogs on this website- I know, I am even like, how much of a thermal pad geek am I? Why did I ask this question? I was curious if I have written a blog about LOCTITE® Thermstate 2000 Phase Change material. At one point, we had written a...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
We are a 3M converter, and if I’m being honest, I don’t throw a party everytime they come out with a new product. I like new copper foil products, and new VHB Tapes just like the next guy, but nothing gets me going like: “LONGER SHELF LIFE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Most Popular, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
Customers ask me for material selection recommendations all the time. One way I believe I build trust with clients is, I don’t upsell things I don’t need to. Customers literally once a week call and say, I NEED VITON! Oftentimes my response is “Hey, I’ll sell you...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Most Popular, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
My blogs largely originated from the various questions I have gotten from customers over the years. This includes the most popular ones. One question I realized I get an awful lot is : “Are Gap Pads Reusable?” In other words, is this thermal pad reworkable? Heres my...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads
The TIM world is like the big bang.. It moves, and expands faster than ever. The reasoning for this is the fact that clock rates continue to expand and move even more rapidly. In this world, graphite thermal material is a TIM of choice because of a few features....
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, engineered options are our thing. In this blog, we wanted to discuss all of the Garlock options that are under the BLUE-GARD® brand. These materials are non-asbestos, aramid fiber gaskets that are compressed with different binders. Popular Garlock BLUE-GARD®...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
Silicone Sponge, and Silicone Foam are different. I’ve talked about that in another blog on our website. Both have desirable properties. Some have good physical properties, and some have good flame retardant properties. There are some products that can actually be...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we are all about thermal. We enjoy making new sales tools to help customers design thermal interface pads into their applications. Why use this Sales Tool? This thermal pad tackle box allows the user to try different thermal pads. In this kit, we have 5...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
One common question I hear engineers ask about is if it's better to have Mica/Grease or Sil-Pad products. Obviously, I’m partial to this, but I wanted to give some thoughts I had about Mica/Grease, and why I think it has its place, but why I think in a manufacturing...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Laser Cutting, Most Popular
I had a customer call the other day, saying he heard that laser cutting was better than die-cutting for frozen epoxy preforms. Heres the thought I had in my head “Why does this keep coming up!?” Heres my thought, and then I’m going dive into every advantage, and...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Waterjet Cutting
IP (Ingress Protection or International Protection) ratings are a common way to define how protected an electrical enclosure is from foreign matter that does not belong in the said enclosure. Gaskets are frequently used to provide the protection set forth in this...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers
As the industry moves from hard-drives(HDDs) to solid-state drives(SSDs). SSDs offer significant advantages over their hard drive counterparts. However, since SSDs operate through an electrical current, they still get hot- just like every electronic. Heat continues to...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
NEDC manufactures thermal pads for many different customers. The thing I love about thermal pads, there is so many of them. Each one has different properties, and has its own fit for applications. Properties of TFLEX 600 Thermal Pad TFLEX 600 is a boron nitride...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
NEDC manufactures gaskets of all sorts. Our arena of play in the gasket world usually is high value gasketing materials. For that reason, a lot of the build to print items we see include “SILVER FILLED” or “SILVER - COPPED FILLED” A question we get very often, is...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting
Over the past two years, silicone foam has become a particularly challenged material when it comes to lead times. As of this writing, there has been cases where we have waited a year for some silicone foam. Although, it is true, lead times have improved dramatically...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, cutting gaskets is what we do. Gaskets typically have holes in them to provide room for screws or bolts to go through them in order to provide pressure, and then for that reason, also to provide compression for the gasket to seat/seal properly. How small is...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
NEDC is an authorized converter for 3M company. For that reason, we often get questions from customers about the adhesive tape products we offer. Customers often ask, what is the difference between this tape, and this tape? The reason customers ask this question, is a...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog
When people ask me what I do for a living, I'll be honest- I struggle trying to tell them what I do. I usually end up just saying, most of the parts we make are for aerospace/military applications. Which is true. However, frankly that is a terrible answer. I'm going...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
In this supply chain taxed environment, I thought I’d write a blog about how to keep your supply chain moving at the maximum speed possible- whatever that may be nowadays. In this blog, we will provide some tips, and tricks to keep your supply chain moving....
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
I often get the question, “Why are there so many thermal pads?” In addition, I always joke there are so many types of thermal pads, that they are sort of like ice cream flavors. There is a type of ice cream for everybody. Some Thoughts I had on "Why so Many Gap...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Waterjet Cutting
About 8 years ago, when I had first started blog writing- oh God, don’t remind me it was 8 years ago, I wrote a blog on FDA Gaskets for silicone rubber products. This blog only covered what was available for silicone rubber products. In that blog, we neglected rubber...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we are a 3M Converter. For that reason, we are constantly dealing with high performance tapes. We thought we’d do a blog on all of the tapes that have the 350 Adhesive Tapes. Properties of Adhesive 350 Tapes: -High Heat Stress (450°F for short periods, with...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, RF Absorbers, Waterjet Cutting
Before the close of the 2022 year, NEDC bought a knife-cutting machine. This knife-cutter will enable NEDC to provide more quality parts to its customers. This machine has a maximum table length of 60’’ x 120’’. NEDC is very excited to announce this to our customers....
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Waterjet Cutting
NEDC die-cut RF absorbers all the time. In one blog, we discussed Eccosorb MCS in a blog early in 2020. One of the more popular materials that we die-cut for customers that require RF absorbers is Eccosorb GDS. Between Eccosorb GDS, and Eccosorb MCS, they probably...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
I have made it obvious that we manufacture thermal pads at NEDC. I practically mention it in every single blog. Why are Thermal Pads Supported? Thermal Pads are supported because they are essentially made of putty. It's important to distinguish there are about four...
by Garrett Abare | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, News, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting
At NEDC, we closed a strong 2022. However, it was not all sunshine, and rainbows. It was quite the opposite. We faced a number of challenges. There weren't only bad things, there was a few silver linings as well. Challenges/New Developments at NEDC in 2022 ...
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