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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.