RF Absorbers Blog

What do we make at NEDC?

by Garrett Abare | Dec 21, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

A lot of times when I’m explaining to someone what I do for a living, I almost feel like saying “I play with giant cookie cutters all day.” We Use Giants Cookie Cutters, why say this? To most people it seems hard to explain that our customers just send me a print and...

Tips for Choosing a Tape for your Adhesive Backed Gasket!

by Garrett Abare | Apr 10, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

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...

PGS Thermal Graphite Sheets | Custom Die-Cut Shapes

by Garrett Abare | Apr 9, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

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...

3M 467MP Transfer Tape- Benefits, Availability, Cutting

by Garrett Abare | Apr 5, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Waterjet 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

by Garrett Abare | Apr 5, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

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...

EMI/RFI Absorber Tapes by 3M Company | Die Cutting | Kiss Cutting

by Garrett Abare | Mar 31, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, RF Absorbers, Waterjet Cutting

3M is a company with diverse product lines. They manufacture a variety of different tapes, thermally conductive tapes, VHB Tapes, and more. Many of their tapes are catered towards electronic markets, as handheld devices become a commonplace item in all of our lives....

Die-Cut Silicone Products- Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Insulators, Absorbers

by Garrett Abare | Mar 15, 2020 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

At NEDC, we would be remiss to not mention most of our products revolve around silicone-based materials. As a result, products that we offer a lot of die-cut silicone products. Out of our 5 core products, 4 are normally silicone based. In this post, we picked out 4...

Broadband Absorber- Eccosorb MCS

by Garrett Abare | Mar 3, 2020 | Die Cutting, RF Absorbers, Waterjet Cutting

At NEDC, we cut many high-performing materials. One common material that we see is ECCOSORB. However, one of the more common ECCOSORB products NEDC sees is ECCOSORB MCS. This broadband RF microwave absorbing material is widely used in many industries across...

Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Absorbers, Epoxy Films

by The NEDC Team | Jul 31, 2019 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

Like many people, I have pet-peeves. One of my small pet-peeves is when a company says “We are a one-stop shop” Well, if that were true a customer could literally just drop a BOM on your lap and expect that entire product assembled in a quoted lead-time. While there...

NEDC Prototyping Department

by The NEDC Team | Jun 5, 2017 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, Laser Cutting, RF Absorbers, Tech Blog, Thermal Pads, Waterjet Cutting

We often hear from the customers we work with, that our parts are the last thing people think of when completing a project. These parts can range from thermal interface materials that provide a stick-in-place solution, heat-dissipating solution, or a left-out gasket...

Kiss Cut Die Cut Parts

by The NEDC Team | Mar 17, 2017 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, Epoxy Films, Gaskets, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads

Nowadays everyone is trying to do everything faster. Make coffee faster, make cars fasters, make the computer that I am typing on faster. Some feedback that we often get from customers is, “These parts are so small, or so awkwardly shaped that removing the liner from...

Microwave Absorbers

by The NEDC Team | Jul 18, 2016 | Die Cutting, RF Absorbers, Waterjet Cutting

NEDC deals with countless materials that make it one of the most diverse converters in the aerospace, military, and medical industries. Microwave absorbers are one material that NEDC deals with on a daily basis. As the world becomes more electronically oriented, the...

Gap Pad EMI 1.0

by The NEDC Team | Apr 18, 2016 | Die Cutting, Electrical Insulators, RF Absorbers, Thermal Pads

In the converting industry we deal with a lot of materials. When you deal with materials ranging from 1 mil Mylar A to modified epoxy adhesive films, you gain a peculiar affinity for materials that stand out from the rest. Recently, I was introduced to an especially...