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Reinforced Silicone Rubber Gaskets | Silicone Solid, Sponge Rubber
One of the issues in die-cutting is what we call “thin walls” this occurs when there is a hole close to the wall of a part. We typically implore our customers to allow for “break-out” if possible. However, when a gasket is reinforced, it can make this problem easier...
AquaPro™ PORON® by Rogers Corporation | Water Sealing Polyurethane Foam
At NEDC, watertight seals are a common product we sell. Customers come to us for all sorts of gasketing materials that are good for watertight seals, including silicone rubber, neoprene, and other commonly known gasketing type materials. Separately, customers...
Top 3 Reasons to Choose PORON for your Gasket! | Dust Sealing
At NEDC, dust seals, and gaskets are a main product we offer our customers. It can be difficult to find an effective gasket that meets your price range, but is also tough enough to get the job done with little hassle. Luckily, Rogers PORON® gets the job done. In this...
Tolerancing for Thermal Pads | Thickness, Diameter, Linear Dimensions
One difficult thing for the team is when a tight tolerance is put on a thermal interface material. Some of our customers understand, gap filling materials are putty like. Alternatively, thin thermal pads are usually coatings coated on a reinforcement layer such as...
Double Coated Tape by 3M Company | What is a Double Coated Tape?
At NEDC, we use double coated tapes for a variety of purposes. Sometimes we use it as an aid in manufacturing- other times, we provide it to customers either laminated to a gasketing material, or perhaps just the double coated tape itself. What is a Double Coated...
Adhesive Transfer Tapes by 3M | What is an Adhesive Transfer Tape?
At NEDC, one of the main things we do is laminate materials with adhesive backing before we cut them. For this we use 3M Adhesive Transfer Tapes. What is an Adhesive Transfer Tape? Essentially an adhesive transfer tape is a type of adhesive that is coated onto a...
Low Surface Energy Tapes for Gaskets | 3M 300LSE Series Adhesive
At NEDC, gaskets are one of our main product lines. At times the popular tapes that are the “go-to” don’t provide the strong adhesion needed for low surface energy applications. Surfaces that can be difficult to stick to include plastics such as polypropylene,...
Popular 3M Transfer Tapes to Select for your Gasket!
In one of our previous blog posts, we discussed some tips on how to pick a transfer tape for your gasket. One of the tips was, “Make sure you utilize a popular tape if you can.” The reason we said this is, popular transfer tapes are widely available, and their large...
Thermally Conductive Silicone Sponge | Custom Shapes
At NEDC, we are all about thermally conductive gap filling pads. A unique thermal gap filler that can double as a gasketing material is Thermacool R10404 Thermally Conductive Silicone Sponge. This closed-cell silicone sponge rubber gap filling material is not only...
Connector Gaskets | D-Subminiature, M83528/004XDDD
Connector Gaskets describe a type of gasket that has the geometry that would be conducive to a surface found in many connectors. This can be for two reasons. One is the requirement to have an environmental seal. The other being that EMI/RFI shielding capability is...
Rogers’ Thermabond – Thermally Conductive Adhesive Preforms
At NEDC, we cut a lot of adhesive preform products into finished cut parts. One of the more common adhesive products that NEDC cuts is Thermabond® Silicone Electronic Adhesive products by Rogers Corporation. Properties of Thermabond Adhesive Preforms A common demand...
Super-Soft Silicone Foam Gaskets | BF-1000, BF-2000
At NEDC, soft materials are our thing. Actually, soft silicone materials are our thing. These include gap filling pads, gasketing materials, and more. One of the common issues with sealing is the amount of compression force the application can allow. Properties of...
LCD Gaskets, Touchscreen Gaskets| Dust, Dirt, Water Sealing
At NEDC, we build a lot of types of gaskets. One of the more common types of gaskets we hear of is LCD Gaskets/Touchscreen Gaskets. They are everywhere now, our phones, McDonalds for ordering, and the grocery store. Typically our customers are looking for either dust...
Thin 3M VHB Tapes for Electronics | Die-Cut, Laser-Cut
At NEDC it seems like everything is getting smaller. Gaps to fill, parts to cut, leadtime to place.. Another thing that keeps getting smaller is electronics. With 3M VHB Tapes, there is no problem there. 3M VHB Tapes are used globally, and provide assistance with the...
Military Grade Gasket Materials | Specifications, Reasons to Include One
One of the best things to do when choosing a gasketing material is to pick a military specification to go along with it. There are a few reasons for this: Reasons for Choosing a Military Specification for your Gasket: It makes it recognizable for a lot of suppliers....
Silicone Press Pads, Reinforced Press Pads | Die-Cut
I hope at this point most of our customers at least somewhat think of NEDC when they think of their PCB. We make thermal pads, adhesive preforms, and RF absorbers. However, maybe they don’t think about us when they think of press pads. When PCB laminations are used to...
Top 3 Tips on Making your Gasket more Cost Effective!
Our customers come to us frequently asking about different aspects of gaskets - tolerancing, materials, thicknesses, etc. All of these can change the cost of the gasket. We thought we would make a blog on the Top 3 Tips for Making a Gasket more cost effective. ...
3M™ Dual Lock™ Tapes | Custom Die Cut Shapes
At NEDC, tapes are a common product we die-cut. At 3M, they are all about fasteners and solutions. They have many solutions for fasteners, permanent, and non-permanent. One of the most prominent fasteners is the reclosable Dual Lock™ Tapes. They are a convenient...
Tips for Choosing a Tape for your Adhesive Backed Gasket!
At NEDC we manufacture a lot of different components for aviation, military, medical and electronics. One of the common things we see is trouble with adhesive transfer tapes. In this blog post, we wanted to discuss some tips on choosing the right tape for your...
Neoprene Gaskets | Sponge, Foam, Solid Rubber
Neoprene(CR) is perhaps the most widely used material in the industry. Any die-cutter is familiar with it. It features an economic cost that matches its versatility. To me, I would call Neoprene the balance rubber. The reason for this is it strikes a good balance...
PGS Thermal Graphite Sheets | Custom Die-Cut Shapes
Thermal management is a core competency at NEDC. One of the core products we die-cut is graphite-based thermal interface material. Panasonic has a line that features incredible thermal performance! Panasonics PGS(Pyrolytic Highly Oriented Graphite Sheet) Thermal...
Soft Gaskets | Soft – Extremely Soft Gasketing Materials
Gaskets come in an incredible variety of materials. One thing about gaskets is it can always get softer. When compression is not an asset, usually the answer is to go even softer. For that reason, I thought I would write a blog about what options are out there when it...
3M 467MP Transfer Tape- Benefits, Availability, Cutting
At NEDC, we laminate a ton of different materials. One of the tapes we use most commonly is 3M 467MP Transfer Tape. We laminate it to thin films, and gaskets to help customers in their assembly process. It is one of my favorite adhesive transfer tapes. In this blog, I...
Die Cut Gaskets vs. Laser Cut Gaskets vs. Waterjet Cut Gaskets
At NEDC we operate many pieces of cutting machinery. We operate state of the art conventional die cutting machines, laser cutting machines, and waterjet cutting machines. In this blog post, we thought we would delineate the differences between all of these machines so...
Viton® Gaskets – Fluoroelastomer(FKM) | Die Cutting
Viton®(FKM) fluoroelastomer is a well known material that is used across industries for its fuel, and chemical resistance. NEDC manufactures custom Viton® Gaskets out of Viton® fluoroelastomer material. What many people do not know is that there are a few different...
EMI Gaskets – Elastomeric Materials | Foam, Rubber, Wire
One of the common questions we get at NEDC is what types of materials are available for EMI Gasketing materials. Since apertures can vary from thin to thick, and compression values can vary from extreme pressure to hardly any at all, we thought we’d present on one...
(ECATTs) Electrically Conductive Transfer Tapes for EMI Gaskets
When manufacturing electrically conductive gaskets, usually an electrically conductive tape may be required. This allows for die-cut parts to have good electrical conductivity in all directions(isotropic, XYZ) throughout the part including the adhesive. These tapes...
Crosslinked Polyethylene Foam Gaskets | Waterjet-Cut
At NEDC we die-cut many different types of foam products. One of the more common foams we cut is crosslinked polyethylene foam(XLPE). XLPE foam is an abbreviation for crosslinked polyethylene foam. Gasketing is one of the main ways we use this material. Properties of...
EPDM Gaskets | Foam | Sponge | Solid
EPDM Rubber is one of the most common materials seen in the gasket industry. The proper name for EPDM is ethylene propylene diene monomer. As a gasket manufacturer, we probably use the word EPDM everyday. We use it for tape strippings, foam, or solid gaskets. ...
High Thermal Conductivity Gap Pads | Low Modulus | High Compliance | Super-Soft
Design Engineers are constantly looking for the highest thermal conductivity thermal pad they can find. In this blog we will be discussing 5 “High Thermal Conductivity Gap Pads”. Keep in mind Thermal Conductivity is Not Everything. That is why we have included some...
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Double Coated Tape 3M 9731- Acrylic/Silicone
We are an authorized 3M Converter at NEDC. As a result, we work with many of their tape products. These include VHB Tapes, EMI Shielding Tapes, Transfer Tapes, and many others. One of the tapes we work with often is 3M 9731 Double Coated Tape. This tape has the great...
Sil-Pad 900S Thermal Pad | Thin Thermal Pad | Custom Die Cut Shapes
NEDC has been die-cutting thermal pads since its inception in 1982. One of the more popular products Sil-Pad 900S by Henkel’s Bergquist. It is one of the most commonly die-cut materials NEDC converts. This product is part of the Sil-Pad family, featuring great thermal...
Silicone Gaskets, Pads- Silicone Foam, Sponge, Solid, EMI/RFI Shielding
At NEDC, we offer an incredibly wide range of materials. High performing materials such as silicone rubber is one of them. The reason for this is because silicone has countless incredible properties. These include great electrical properties, high & low...
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