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Closed Cell Viton Sponge Gasket | Fluid Resistant Gasketing
At NEDC we cut many different types of gasketing materials. Some of our most popular selections are fuel resistant materials. Materials such as fluorosilicone, epichlorohydrin, nitrile, and Viton® we hear about a lot. When an easily compressible option is required...
Gap Pad VO Soft, VO Ultra Soft, VO | Gap Filling Pads
At NEDC, we manufacture lots of gap filling pads. In this blog, we discuss some thermal gel pads. All of these Gap Pad materials are used to isolate electronics while providing great thermal properties. Oftentimes customers get confused thinking Gap Pad VO, Gap Pad...
Flame Retardant Gaskets | Silicone Rubber | Silicone Sponge | Silicone Foam
We manufacture all types of gaskets at NEDC. One of the more common requests is for flame retardant gaskets. Customers look for UL94 listed materials because their product is also UL listed. This makes it easier to meet their requirements. UL 94 discusses flame...
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...
Rubber Stripping | Strip-N-Stick | Foam Tape | Rubber Tape
NEDC supplies a number of different types of products to its customers. One of the more common types of materials is stripping. These products come in a tape/roll format to allow the user to easily apply into the application. Adhesive Backing All of these strippings...
Low Compression Set Gaskets- Silicone, Urethane Foam
Compression set with gaskets is a constant concern because it eventually creates sealing issues with the interface of the gasket and the surface it is being pressured against. Compression set is a concern because the gasket will lose thickness and lose its ability to...
Thermal Gap Filling Pads | Self-Attaching Methods
At NEDC we cut a lot of thermal gap filling pads. One of the frequent questions we get is “Why are many thermal pads not available with pressure sensitive adhesive?” The answer comes back to the whole purpose of the thermal pad itself. Attachment Methods Thermal...
Electrically Conductive Silicone Gasket – EMI/RFI Shielding
At NEDC, we cut a lot of interesting materials. One of the most commonly used gasketing materials are EMI/RFI Shielding Gaskets. They feature high levels of electrically conductivity imparted by their fillers, and low electrical impedance. Many of these gasket...
High Temperature Gaskets- Silicone, Fluorosilicone, other Elastomers
In the gasket industry, we deal with a lot of materials. There are gasketing materials for just about every need. There are some gasket materials that can survive thousands of degrees for a few seconds. There are some that can handle hundreds of degrees continuously...
Die-Cut Silicone Products- Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Insulators, Absorbers
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...
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...
Poron® Urethane Foam- Properties, Information, Cutting
My furnace at home is 95% fuel efficient. I was told this is among the best money can buy. After removing the lid to the furnace I noticed a strip of foam that looked very familiar. It was Poron® Urethane Foam. Poron® Urethane Foams are among the many different...
Sponge Gaskets- ASTM D1056, Types, Classes, Grades
At NEDC, we commonly offer different gasketing solutions. Many in the industry organize cellular products in their head a few different ways. However, the specification ASTM D1056 organizes them by type, class, and then grade. Most of the materials characteristics can...
Fluorosilicone Gaskets- Solid, Sponge, and Electrically Conductive
Fluorosilicone(FVMQ) is one of the materials that has many uses in the industry. Any die-cutter is familiar with it. The high cost reflects its customizability, and versatility. Fluorosilicone is the blue gold of the industry. Fluorosilicone typically comes in a...
Thermal Pads- Non-Electrically Isolating, High Durability, Soft-Tack
I always make the analogy that thermal pads are like ice-cream, there's something for everybody. In this blog, I wanted to discuss some of the qualities of thermal pads that are available but not as sought after or not preferred as some of the other qualities. The...
Broadband Absorber- Eccosorb MCS
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...
R10460 Silicone Sponge Die-Cut/Waterjet Cut
As discussed in many of the posts that we write, different materials are what make up NEDC’s DNA. The beauty of die-cutting lies in the different materials and the versatilities they may offer. One material that offers significant versatility is the flame retardant...
LED Gaskets – Die-Cut, Waterjet Cut
At NEDC we are a manufacturer of all types of gaskets. One of the main types of products our gaskets go into is LED lighting fixtures. To be certain, many types of our products go into LED lighting fixtures. Our gaskets, our thermal pads, and our electrical insulators...
Thermal, Thermal, Thermal
At NEDC our products are constantly evolving. As thermal management becomes a priority in ever smaller electronics, thermal management die-cut products become an even bigger part of our product line up. Some of our products include saving heat, but most of our...
Gaskets, Thermal Pads, Absorbers, Epoxy Films
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...
Silicone Foam Gaskets | Flame Retardant | Soft, Medium, Firm Densities
At NEDC, it is all about materials. When talking about die cutting, or waterjet cutting and what NEDC can do, material is often the first topic of discussion. One of the more versatile materials that NEDC deals with, is silicone foam. To be clear, silicone foam is...
R10460 Silicone Sponge Die-Cut/Waterjet Cut
As discussed in many of the posts that we write, different materials are what make up NEDC’s DNA. The beauty of die-cutting lies in the different materials and the versatilities they may offer. One material that offers significant versatility is the flame retardant...
Gap Pad VO Ultra Soft Material
Thermal materials normally work better under pressure. However, some assemblies do not have the luxury of pressure because of sensitive components. For that reason, in thermal gap filling materials, soft seems like it can’t be soft enough sometimes. However, with...
Silicone / Fluorosilicone Bonding
Over the past 30 years in business at New England Die Cutting, our product offerings have changed significantly. Some of our core product offerings now exist in silicone/fluorosilicone rubber materials. Typically when we fabricate these materials, there is sometimes a...
NEDC Prototyping Department
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...
Fluorosilicone Sponge Gaskets | Fluid Resistant
In the short time I have been at NEDC, I have been witness to the increasing demands of the aerospace and military applications that we service. Some of the common topics that we discuss in applications are the fluid(s) & temperature(s) that the application may be...
Open vs. Closed Cell Elastomers
It is estimated that the human body has over 37.2 trillion cells. The sum of the cells make the human body a true functional miracle. Just like humans, rubber may have cells too. But just as humans have different types of cells, sponge and foam can have different...
Microwave Absorbers
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...
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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
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- Solid, Foam, Sponge
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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