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Butyl     

Butyl, otherwise known as Isobutylene or Isopene, is an elastomer offering excellent resistance to wear, tear and general abrasion as well as good ozone and gas permeation resistance.  Suitable for mild acid and alkali service and esters, butyl offers little resistance to commercial oils and fuels. 

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Cloth Inserted 

Cloth inserted rubber improves stability in flanged gaskets with high compression loads. C.I. rubber is suitable for use in most air, hot water, steam, and hydraulic services.  

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Cork

Cork provides an economic and versatile gasket material.  Cork can be used with oils, freon, as anti-vibration, and noise isolation.

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Diaphragm

Diaphragm sheet material is a fabric reinforced, oil resistant neoprene sheet.  It is used to transmit motion between fluids, gases, and air in gauges, meters, and valves.  Diaphragm is an excellent weather stripping material.  

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EPDM

EPDM is a superior rubber for outdoor and high temperature applications. EPDM has good electrical properties, resists animal and vegetable oils, ozone, steam, water, and oxygenated solvents.  

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Felt

Felt is used for its anti-vibration qualities and has excellent oil retention properties, providing a range of uses in most industries.

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Graphite

Graphite sheet material offers excellent sealing capabilities in industrial environments where high temperatures and high pressure are concerned.

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Gum

Gum rubber has good tear strength and is resistant to water, most salts, mild acids, and many other chemicals.  

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Hypalon®

Hypalon has  low moisture absorption and terrific resistance to abrasion, weather, and cracking. Hypalon is also resistant to chemical and oil.

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Neoprene

Neoprene sheet rubber is made to withstand extreme weather conditions.  Neoprene resists rotting and cracking due to ozone exposure.  It is also resistant against oil and fuels, moderate acids and alkalis.  

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Nitrile (Buna-N)

Buna-N black rubber sheet is offers improved chemical and temperature capabilities to *Neoprene.  This material offers good resistance to oils and solvents, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, petroleum oils and gasolines, animal fats and lacquer solvents.  It offers poor resistance to strong oxidising agents. chlorinated hydrocarbons, ketones and esters.    *Go to Neoprene.

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Non-Absbestos

Our wide variety of non-asbestos gasketing material allows us to provide high quality non-asbestos material where asbestos was or is being used. 

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Silicone

This rubber provides high and low temperature capability and maintains good flexibility.  Applications include: Weather, water, ozone, oxidation, hydraulic phosphates, food, and alcohol. unsuitable against steam and many hydrocarbons.  

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Sponge

WR&G, carries several types of sponge for a wide range of sealing applications.  Some services include, acid and chemical resistance, providing for low torque gasketing, high temperature applications, and an optional pressure sensitive adhesive.  Please contact one of our sales representatives who will assist you with your special application. 

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Teflon

Teflon has high tensile strength, low coefficient of friction, excellent temperature capability and is resistant to most acids and chemicals.  Teflon is almost totally chemically inert.  It is only attacked by molten alkali metals and certain fluorine compounds at elevated temperatures.

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Vegetable Fiber

Vegetable fiber is a gasket material with good resistance to fuel, oils, and gasoline. Recommended usage for vegetable fiber are: sealing oils, gasoline, greases, benzine, gases, water and air.

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Viton®

Viton offers excellent resistance to acids, aliphatic hydrocarbons, oils, gasoline and many corrosive industrial applications.  The material offers excellent resistance to temperature, weathering, and gas permeability.  It is not suitable for use against amines, esters, ketones steam or low temperature service. 

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The information, recommendations and opinions set forth herein are offered solely for your consideration, inquiry and verification.  Wilmington Rubber and Gasket  makes no warranties and assumes no responsibility for performance characteristics resulting from conditions which differ from those used in laboratory tests.

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