Conductive Silicone O-Rings are Electric in 2023

Design News Features SSP EMI O-Rings Article

As we push into yet another new year, the need for shielding important electronic equipment continues to increase! Electrically-conductive silicone and fluorosilicone rubbers act as the barrier to protect these vehicles, machinery, and more from the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). Furthermore, o-rings produced from these conductive materials are becoming increasingly necessary as we move into the future.

Atlantic Gasket has the ability to provide these conductive silicone/fluorosilicone o-rings to protect against EMI and RFI issues and meet MIL-G-83528/MIL-DTL-83528 standards. Military applications (LCD screens, avionics, and radios), electric vehicles (EV), robotics 5G telecommunication equipment, and more rely on these conductive rubbers to function. Provide us with your o-ring size, and Atlantic Gasket can quickly get a quotation back to you.

O-rings are just one of the electrically-conductive products that we can provide! Atlantic Gasket has the capability to also assist our customers with custom-cut parts and raw material made from EMI and RFI shielding rubbers based on a silicone or fluorosilicone rubber filled with a variety of metal fillers that have the potential to meet various MIL-G-83528/MIL-DTL-83528 specification and flammability standards. Let us help you with your next project!

Leading the Drive for Electric Vehicle Sealing & Protection

Atlantic Gasket is leading the charge into the future with parts for electrical vehicle (EV) charging stations, sensor enclosures, and battery boxes. EV production will continue to exponentially increase in the future, and we have the material and parts to help make that happen!

Our electrically-conductive silicones and fluorosilicones not only act as a seal and protect against environmental factors, but they also provide shielding against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). These RFI and EMI shielding rubbers have the ability to withstand temperatures of upward of over 400°F, higher than an EV battery operation temperature. They also have the ability to meet the MIL-G-83528/MIL-DTL-83528 specification, such as Type A, Type B, Type D, Type K, Type L, and Type M, in a wide variety of thicknesses (.010”, .020”, .032”, .062”, .125”, etc.).

The conductive fluorosilicones and silicones also have the ability to withstand fire and flame. Some of Atlantic Gasket’s shielding rubbers contain silicones that conform to UL-94 V0 which allows them to help contain fire if needed which is instrumental with EV vehicle operation.

Atlantic Gasket has the capability to provide raw sheets and rolls in various thicknesses of RFI/EMI shielding silicones and fluorosilicones. Our ability also includes the production of custom-cut parts and stripping of the conductive rubbers to our customer’s needs. As electric vehicle production continues so will our capacity to guide customers in providing conductive silicone and fluorosilicone parts and material for it.

Atlantic Gasket Increases Productivity in a Flash

Atlantic Gasket has done it again and added a new, state-of-the-art machine that will increase the capacity, production, and quality of our custom-cut parts! The Flashcut Flex will allow for a higher flow of parts to be produced on our production line leading to shorter lead times and increased productivity in general. Just last year, we added a new slitting machine, and custom-cutting is taking a turn in 2021. Overall, Atlantic Gasket continues to upgrade year after year!

The Flashcut Flex knife-cutter’s first benefit is its speed. Its blades slice right through any material that we cut, and no tooling is required to purchase; our customers can send over a file and have parts being cut within minutes. In addition to the speed, this new machine nests parts together like no other to allow for the best material yield possible. The combination of speed and optimization lead to lower costs for our customers!

Finally, the Flashcut Flex improves the already-fantastic quality and reliability of our production. Its table surface has an intense vacuum that holds the sheet and roll materials steadfast producing a very fine and accurate cut that can meet necessary tolerances. The knife-cutter will provide an overall greater reliability to our production line due to a brand-new machine with high-quality technology.

Atlantic Gasket Increases Slitting Capabilities

Atlantic Gasket has spent decades slitting and stripping a wide array of materials to our customer’s needs from ¼” to 60” wide, but now, we’ve added a new slitting machine to our fleet which further increases our capacity for orders requiring slitting of any kind. We’re always looking into how we can make our manufacturing process more efficient, and this addition is just the latest in that search. Our new single-knife slitter, from Lever, allows us to cut larger roll diameters and perform a cleaner cut. The ability for us to continue to provide exceptional non-metallic roll goods just got better!

This new slitting machine allows us to continue cutting the same materials that we have been cutting for years to a much higher capacity, such as rubber, sponge, foam, adhesives/tapes, plastics/films, cork, and more. Our slitting capabilities were already versatile and of high-quality, but our new machine just broadens the horizon and allows for more perfect cuts and the ability for quicker lead times to get stripping products into our valued customer’s hands.

If you have any project, regardless of how complicated you think it may be, give Atlantic Gasket a call at 800-229-8881 or 215-533-6400 and ask to speak to a member of our sales team or email us at sales@atlanticgasket.com.

You Need Holes? We’ve Got ‘Em!

We’ve cut several of these gaskets out of 1/8” thick 55 durometer Viton on our water jet machine. What was the catch? We had to put 242 holes and ovals into this 14 ¼” diameter piece.

However, it was no issue for our water jet machine and production line! Our water jet machine can hold tight tolerances and cut a nearly infinite amount of different cutout dimensions and shapes.

Atlantic Gasket Revamps Site with EMI/RFI Products

Atlantic Gasket continues to keep up with the growing demands of different markets, and this time, we’ve revamped our website with a new section for EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) shielding materials. These silicone and fluorosilicone rubbers are filled with a variety of metallic fillers to allow them to be electrically conductive and protect sensitive electronic equipment and other products. These fillers include Nickel-Aluminum, Nickel-Graphite, Silver-Aluminum, Silver-Copper, Silver-Glass, and Silver-Nickel.

EMI & RFI shielding gaskets are important in serving a range of industries, such as military, aerospace, automotive, medical, and more. We can provide silicones and fluorosilicones that meet the MIL-G-83528/MIL-DTL-83528 specification and others that are QPL listed. Our EMI/RFI materials come in a wide variety of thicknesses, durometers, sheet sizes, rolls, and colors to help suit your needs. This variety allows us to provide a range of die-cut parts, waterjet-cut parts, stripping, roll goods, sheets, and more.

The EMI/RFI silicones and fluorosilicones not only protect against electromagnetic interference and radio frequency interference but also the typical environmental factors, such as silicone’s natural resistance to a large temperature range. For harsh environments with solvents and fuels, fluorosilicone is the answer to your issues. The combination of the rubber along with the internal metallic fillers allows these EMI/RFI shielding materials to be a fantastic option for protecting sensitive equipment for your next project!

Atlantic Gasket Becomes a 3M™ Associate Converter

We here at Atlantic Gasket Corporation are extremely happy and excited to announce that we are now a 3M™ Associate Converter. Our company already has an extensive product line, and we’re now adding 3M™ products to that list. We have access to roughly 53,000 products from their line which can be converted into high-quality custom-cut parts and stripping for our customers.

Our title as a 3M™ Associate Converter allows us to expand on our great line of products. For decades we’ve been known for providing quality custom-cut parts and stripping, and now we can provide 3M™ adhesives alone or converted into our products. Atlantic Gasket can convert 3M™ adhesives slit to width or applied to materials and die-cut, kiss-cut, or water jet cut.

The list of materials that we supply and can have 3M™ adhesives applied to is virtually endless and include closed cell sponges, open cell sponges, foams, mechanical rubbers (such as Neoprene, EPDM, Silicone, Nitrile/Buna-N, Viton, etc,), corks, cork rubbers, felts, and plastics. We’re proud of the first-rate products that we currently produce and are excited to continue that production as we expand our product line due to our partnership with 3M™.

Gaskets Under the Sea

We have experience with providing over-sized products like the one pictured. This circular gasket’s use is in underwater mining equipment and is made from ¾” thick 60 durometer neoprene. It has an inner diameter of 58” and outer diameter of 90” with 44 holes along the circumference of the ring! If you have an over-sized project, or any size at all, give our sales team at Atlantic Gasket a call at 800-229-8881 or 215-533-6400. You can also send us an email addressed to sales@atlanticgasket.com.

Individually Die Cut Vs. Kiss Cut Products

Have you ever tried pulling a sticker off of the liner and noticed the ease with which you were able to do so? That’s because the sticker was kiss cut instead of being individually die cut. The difference between these two processes is how the stickers are cut.

Now you can forget the sticker part of the equation and apply that thinking to our own custom cut parts with pressure-sensitive adhesive here at Atlantic Gasket. These products include gaskets, cabinet bumpers, coaster corks, and many other materials suited for your needs.

When individually cut, a die within our machines stamps out the part needed into its final form cutting through both the material and adhesive liner (as shown below). This produces the final product cut to shape along with the adhesive and release liner all cut to that same form. This can sometimes cause a hassle during the final application with trying to peel away the liner.

However, kiss cutting takes away that annoyance. The die will cut the material and adhesive but leave the full adhesive liner intact allowing the final applicator to peel away the part easily like a sticker. The excess webbing of material is removed which leaves behind the final form of the part on a full sheet of release liner (as shown below). This makes the final application a breeze!

If you believe that this process sounds perfect for your next project, send us an email at sales@atlanticgasket.com or give us a call at 800-229-8881 or 215-533-6400 and ask to speak with a member of our Atlantic Gasket sales team who would be happy to assist you.

North Slope of Alaska

We recently received a request from a customer who needed a large diameter 60 durometer Nitrile gasket to be delivered to the North Slope of Alaska the next day. The plane, full of emergency oil equipment was taking off for the job site at noon the next day and this gasket had to be on that plane. We cut the part on our waterjet cutter and shipped it to the customer the same day so that it would arrive by 10:30 the next morning. The package was delivered the next morning as promised and was placed on the customer’s chartered flight that was leaving at noon. This was just another day at Atlantic Gasket. When a customer has a requirement and needs parts fast, our first questions are “Tell us what you need” and “How quickly do you need them”. We have most common rubber and gasketing materials in stock and in-house waterjet cutting capability that allows us to cut any shape part within minutes of receiving a CAD file. Same day shipments and next day delivery is not an unusual request. Please contact us and let us know how we can make your life a little easier. We are always glad to help.

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