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VHB Tape Family 5952
Since 1980, 3M VHB Tapes have been revolutionizing the way the world sees permanent bonding applications. VHB Tapes provide many unique qualities that make them fit to bond in even the most demanding of applications. VHB Tapes can be found in applications ranging from...
UHMW Die Cutting, Tape & Film
As a converter, we see all sorts of materials. These materials can have a diverse range of uses. One of the materials NEDC commonly deals with, and converts is UHMW polyethylene material. This is actually an acronym for ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The...
Silicone Sponge Gaskets | Closed Cell Silicone Sponge Rubber
Expanded rubber has become a very popular product in the gasket industry. We are often asked for requests that use silicone sponge, which is closed cell only. Silicone foam is available in different cell structures, such as modified closed, closed, open, etc. There...
Neoprene/EPDM/SBR Sponge Rubber Gaskets
General purpose gasketing has come a long way since the advent of rubber. Sponge rubber materials have many advantages over their solid rubber counterparts, although that is not to say that sponge rubber solves all the problems that sealing brings forth. What is a...
CE-018 Nickel Graphite Fluorosilicone
Nickel Graphite has become a formidable competitor to many of its silver-filled counterparts. NEDC offers fluorosilicone compositions that can offer excellent sealing and shielding in the most aggressive environments. This is done through many processes the material...
The Versatility of Waterjet Cutting
Some tools seem to be able to do everything. These are the tools of our lives that we feel are tried and true, and which work in almost every situation that may cross your path. In the manufacturing industry, one machine is set apart from the rest. This machine is the...
PTFE Die Cut Parts
Like many of the great inventions, Teflon® (PTFE) was invented by accident. It was accidentally invented by Dr. Roy Plunkett. He and his associate were trying to find an alternative refrigerant and subsequently discovered Chemour’s Teflon®. He found that this...
Skinned Sponge Rubbers
Often we have materials that we deal with on a daily basis that come with a surface finish. The materials that we most often encounter with notable surface finishes are sponges/foams. These sponge-like materials typically come with a “skin” on both sides. There are a...
Why is fluorosilicone blue?
Have you ever looked up at the sky and asked yourself, “Why is that blue”? (It is complicated, but blue light scatters more than the other wavelengths and thus is more visible. For more information see Rayleigh scattering.) I have asked myself similar questions....
Combination Gaskets
Combination gaskets are gaining wide acceptance and use for EMI shielding and environmental sealing for electronic enclosures. They offer the benefits of having mesh and elastomer essentially within one gasket. This can be convenient for the end-user to be able to...
Nickel Graphite
There are some applications that require a gasket that is non-negotiable. When we say non-negotiable what we mean is a gasket that cannot be changed because the certain requirements of the application dictate this type of material, such as a certain volume resistivity...
Large Gasket Manufacturing
In the 1970’s the US military launched a new class of aircraft carriers called the Nimitz. It was the biggest class yet, offering gigantic load displacements and great sustainability over long periods of time. Similiar to then, large machines require large parts, and...
Gasket Supplier
Supply chain is one of the biggest components that determines how well a company will run. As a gasket manufacturer we have over 600 vendors that supply everything from our gasketing materials to our paper towels. One of the toughest problems as a buyer is getting a...
Low Temperature Gaskets
In New England, we are used to very low temperatures. These temperatures during the dead of winter can range from -40 Fahrenheit to 45 F. We have two types of people in New England: those who love the cold and those who hate it. Whatever the case, we all tolerate it....
FDA Gaskets | Silicone Solid, Foam, Sponge | Custom Cut
Most of us hear about the FDA approved drugs or other topics involving the agency frequently. What you often do not hear about is an FDA approved gasket. When a gasket is used in a food application, most of our customers want and should take comfort in knowing that...
Sticky Gaskets
The oldest known use of glue dates back to 200,000 B.C. This primitive glue was used to glue flakes to spears. That tells you one thing, glue has been around for nearly as long as humans have been around. This also tells you that humanity and glue are irrevocably tied...
What is Durometer?
Durometer is one way to measure the hardness of a material. It is frequently used to determine the resistance of the material to indentation. There are many ways to test durometer, one of the most frequently used tests is ASTM D2240. This test method utilizes the...
Flange Gaskets
Gasoline is a product that feeds the muscles of our nation’s economic power. The gasoline that is derived from oil travels thousands of miles through pipes all over the US. Thousands of miles of piping have to be connected somehow. When there are two sections of pipe...
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