Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets
Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets
Cut gaskets are one of Advanced Seals & Gaskets Ltd's most popular products, and can be converted onsite using a range of polyurethane materials, including Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets.
Polyurethane materials are just one group used in our gasket production, available in foam and solid versions with Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets being available as a solid rubber or as a very high-density sponge also known by the trade name “Dynathane”. Solid Abrasive resistant PU can be supplied in roll, sheet and cut component form, whereas the Abrasion resistance PU Sponge is manufactured in sheet and block form measuring approximately 250mm x 500mm x 65mm thick and 250mm x 1000mm x 65mm thick from which gaskets can be cut. Using these high-quality materials and state-of-the-art machinery, our in-house conversion facilities can manufacture bespoke items to match our customer's samples or drawings, using one of our many presses or CNC (oscillating knife) machines.
From a simple rectangular picture frame gasket to a more complex shape with cut-outs, notches or bolt holes, whether it’s a small sample batch or multi-thousand run, we have a machine designed to quickly and accurately produce perfectly formed gaskets everytime.
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Characteristics of Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane
Using abrasion-resistant materials 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 , off-white
- 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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What are Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets?
Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets can be cut and supplied in the form of a strip or pad, but are generally an intricately cut shaped piece of material placed between two surfaces to create a low-pressure seal preventing the leakage of liquids or gas and to seal against the intrusion of dust and debris. Abrasion is the term referring to the ‘wear’ caused on material when it comes into physical contact with another object or surface.
Abrasive-resistant Polyurethane gaskets are high-quality products 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. Abrasion is more likely to occur where movement or motion creates friction-induced wear and tear, here is when an abrasion-resistant gasket can be used to provide the best form of surface protection.
Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets material is available in Tan, Red, White (FDA) and Black (Snow Plough) varieties, each suited to different applications. Polyurethane sponge gasketing material or Dynathane is a microcellular, hard-wearing sponge which feels almost like a solid rubber. It is lightweight, flexible and offers a high impact strength with excellent resistance to abrasion and tearing recognisable by its off-white colour.
Why use Abrasion Resistant Polyurethane?
Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets are used in applications where the material needs to be able to resist the effects of erosion, rubbing or scraping which would cause friction and therefore damage the material. When selecting a material for gaskets which will be exposed to repetitive mechanical wear and tear or impact, an Abrasive Resistant PU material could be the answer.
Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets 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.
Different Grades
Advanced Seals & Gaskets Ltd have a network of material manufacturers and suppliers, giving our customers more choice of Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Gaskets, including:
- Abrasion Resistant PU Sponge (Dynathane) hard wearing lightweight sponge. Dynathane gaskets are flexible, have a high impact strength with superb resistance to abrasion and tearing, offering an operating temperature range of -40°C to +80°C, manufactured in densities of 450 up to 650 Kg/m³, recognised the materials off-white almost tan colouration. Gaskets made using Dynathane can be found used in applications such as tank linings, anti-vibration mounts, gaskets, buffers and for noise reduction.
- Red abrasion-resistant rubber is a tough grade of gasketing material manufactured from a high-quality natural rubber (NR) specifically designed to provide resistance to abrasion and tear. It is commonly found used in 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 produces gaskets with excellent resistance to abrasion and tear. This material is often utilized as gaskets for use within food processing and packaging equipment or machinery. This material offers good resistance to ketones, organic acids, alcohols and aldehydes, however isn'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, also manufactured from natural rubber, these gasket offer 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.
Advantages to Using Abrasive Resistant Polyurethane Materials
- 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 longer lasting material, therefore reduced risk of component or product failure.
- Can offer a range of other characteristics and properties including ozone, weathering, UV, oil and chemical resistances (these will vary between material grades).
- Can be used as sheets or cut into gaskets to use within machinery and equipment.
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