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What is Industrial Silicone Product Manufacturing?
Silicone rubber comes in many formulations and can be compounded for numerous applications. Rich-Rubber manufactures diverse silicone products like grommets. Silicone compounds achieve tensile strength near 1500 PSI and tear resistance up to 200 lbs. Features include low compression set, strong resilience, moderate solvent resistance, excellent heat tolerance, good release properties, extreme low-temperature performance, and high oxidation/ozone resistance.
However, silicone is vulnerable to concentrated solvents, oils, strong acids, and dilute sodium hydroxide.
Products Offered in Silicone Material:
What are the Silicone Characteristics for Product Manufacturing?
- Common Names: Silicone
- ASTM D2000 Classification: FC, FE, GE
- Military (MIL-STD 417): TA
- SAE Standard: AMS 3310/AMS 3303
- Chemical Definition: Polysiloxane
What are the General Characteristics of Silicone Product Manufacturing?
- Durometer Range: 30 – 90
- Tensile Range (P.S.I.): 200 – 1500
- Elongation (Max. %): 700
- Compression Set: Good
- Resilience – Rebound: Good
- Abrasion Resistance: Fair to Poor
- Tear Resistance: Poor
- Solvent Resistance: Poor
- Oil Resistance: Fair to Poor
- Low Temperature Usage: -60° to -150°
- High Temperature Usage: up to 450°
- Aging Weather – Sunlight: Excellent
- Adhesion to Metals: Good
For more information about silicone products, please contact Rich-Rubber today!