Abrasive Resistant Rubber Seals
Abrasive Resistant Rubber Seals
Advanced Seals & Gaskets produce some of the highest quality solid rubber seals in the UK, taking the form of gaskets, washers, o-rings, cords, mouldings and extrusions, which are all designed for the purpose of preventing leaks or the ingress of air, fluids and gas.
One such material from which we can produce seals is abrasive resistant rubber, all of which are made to order and based on samples or drawings provided by customers to ensure the final products perfectly fits the application.
As each form of solid rubber seal needs to be manufactured using a different process, ASG has invested heavily in various machinery meaning we can produce both high and low volume solid rubber seals, in bespoke sizes and shape profiles suited to different applications.
What are Abrasive Resistant Solid Rubber Seals?
Abrasion is the term referring to the ‘wear’ caused on material when it comes into physical contact with another object or surface. Abrasive resistant solid rubber is manufactured using a high-quality natural rubber, used in physically demanding applications and environments, offering extremely high resilience to wear and tear and used to provide a solution to mechanical impact damage, scraping, grinding and corrosion.
Abrasive resistant solid rubber seals are a device or substrate that is used to join surfaces together to either act as a separator or a barrier to prevent liquids, particles or gases from escaping or penetrating the application.
A ‘seal’ is a generic term for products often taking the form of cut gaskets, strips, washers, extruded profiles and cord, all manufactured using the same material, many of which can be supplied with a choice of self-adhesives that assists with placement of the seal and to hold it in position.
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Product Specification & Key Characteristics
Using abrasion-resistant rubber offers a host of properties, characteristics however these will vary between material types and grades, some of the features and benefits include:
- Colours: black, white, red, tan
- Resistances: varying levels of abrasive resistance, oil, UV, Ozone, heat
- Hardnesses: various levels of hardness depending on material type
- Temperature: wide operating temperatures with certain types suited to extreme highs & lows
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Why use Abrasive Resistant Solid Rubber Seals?
Advanced Seals & Gaskets Ltd offer abrasion-resistant solid rubber seals in a range of different grades and material options, each with different resistance levels and properties suited to various applications and industries.
A material or product with abrasion resistance properties, such as solid rubber seals, will resist wear and erosion caused by mechanical wear, allowing the material to retain its original form for longer, therefore, reducing the risk of component or product failure and saves on the cost of having to replace the material more often.
Abrasive resistant solid rubber can also offer a range of other characteristics and properties including ozone, weathering, UV, oil and chemical resistance, however, these will vary between material grades. Abrasion is more likely to occur where movement or motion creates friction-induced wear and tear, here is when an abrasion-resistant solid rubber seals can be used to provide the best form of surface protection.
Advantages to Using Abrasion Resistant Rubber Rolls
- Solid rubber seals can be used in physically demanding applications and environments
- Offers extremely high resilience to wear and tear
- Provides surface protection and a solution to mechanical impact damage, scraping, grinding and corrosion.
- Cost savings as long-lasting material, therefore, reduced risk of a component or product failure.
- Solid rubber seals can offer a range of other characteristics and properties including ozone, weathering, UV, oil and chemical resistances (these will vary between material grades)
- Solid rubber seals can be used within machinery and equipment to protect and seal joints and moving parts.
Different Grades
Advanced Seals & Gaskets Ltd have a network of material manufacturers and suppliers, giving our customers more choice of abrasive resistant materials such as solid rubber for solid rubber seals. Some of these materials include:
Natural Rubber (NR) - perhaps the most popular material type offered when customers are looking for a robust abrasive resistant rubber, strong enough for use with slurry mixes, silo lining, gaskets, chutes, wear pads and shot blast screening, etc. This mechanically strong material however isn’t best suited for use with oil or where there is excessive exposure to ozone and weather. Types of Natural Rubber that can be used for abrasive resistant applications include BS1154, red abrasion-resistant rubber, white abrasion-resistant (FDA) rubber and tan shotblast rubber.
Red abrasion resistant rubber is a tough grade of material manufactured from a high-quality natural rubber (NR) specifically designed to provide resistance to abrasion and tear. It is commonly used for sacrificial quarry linings and slurry handling plants, target backing curtains, gaskets, fabricated parts and seals, sleeves, and tank and silo linings.
White abrasion-resistant rubber is also manufactured using natural rubber, but a softer compound, which still provides excellent resistance to abrasion and tear. This material is often utilized in product transfer applications such as chute and hopper liner or converted into gaskets for use within the food processing and packaging equipment or machinery. This material offers good resistance to ketones, organic acids, alcohols and aldehydes, however aren't recommended for use with animal fats, petroleum, vegetable oils and most hydrocarbons.
Shotblast (tan para) rubber is a tan coloured, extremely robust and durable rubber, which has excellent resistance to abrasion, commonly used for chute lining, shot blast cabinet lining, gaskets or seals. Also manufactured from natural rubber, this material offers excellent sealing properties, moderate resistance to some aldehydes, some diluted acids and weak chemicals, but not recommended for contact with solvents, petroleum and concentrated acids.
Styrene-Butadiene or SBR - a synthetic compound that is similar to natural rubber and most commonly found used in the production of tyres, seals, sleeves, scraper blades and impact buffer pads. It offers excellent abrasion resistance but isn’t as durable when it comes to cuts and tearing. As with natural rubber, SBR also is not as effective when exposed to weathering or ozone.
Butyl - This material offers many desirable properties including excellent thermal stability and resistance to abrasion, tear, impact, UV and weathering, it also has an impermeable structure required for air retention or gas sealing and tank lining applications, but is not recommended for use with petroleum, oils or chlorinated solvents.
EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) - EPDM does offer some resistance to abrasion, however, does not tend to be the first choice falling in between natural rubber and SBR levels of resistance. However, if the application only exposes the rubber to low-moderate levels of abrasion it will work just fine. EPDM as a material offers a long list of desirable qualities including exceptionally good resistance to weathering, ozone, UV, water, heat, phosphate ester based hydraulic fluids, dilute acids and offers electrical insulation and anti-vibration properties.
Neoprene (Chloroprene) - this material offers a good level of resistance or abrasion, combined with excellent oil, weather, ozone and heat resistance. Neoprene is suitable for sealing applications where other polymers would fail, including exposure to seawater.
Nitrile (NBR) - Nitrile rubber is more superior in comparison to most elastomers offering an excellent compression set, tear and abrasion resistance. Neoprene also offers an extensive list of benefits including excellent resistance to oil, gasoline, solvents, mineral and vegetable oils, hydraulic fluid and fuels. This material is often recommended for applications requiring a combination of oil and grease resistance as well as moderate ozone resistance.
Hydrogenated Nitrile (HNBR) - is another abrasion resistant rubber often used for tank lining. HNBR offers excellent resistance with oil, chemical and heat, with an improved fuel and ozone resistance in comparison to standard nitrile.
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