Solid EPDM Seals
EPDM Seals – a cornerstone of modern sealing technology known for their exceptional weather resistance, flexibility, and durability. Our commitment to quality and innovation ensures our EPDM Seals deliver unmatched sealing performance and reliability across a wide range of industries and applications.
Key Features:
- Premium EPDM Material: Our EPDM Seals are meticulously crafted using high-quality EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer) rubber, chosen for its excellent weather resistance, flexibility, and ozone resistance. This material forms the basis for seals that excel in a wide range of operating conditions.
- Weather Resistance: EPDM’s inherent resistance to weathering, UV radiation, and extreme temperatures makes our seals ideal for outdoor applications. These seals maintain their integrity and sealing effectiveness even in harsh environmental conditions.
- Versatile Sealing Performance: Engineered for versatility, our EPDM Seals excel in applications where protection against moisture, sunlight, ozone, and other environmental elements is crucial. Their adaptability ensures reliable performance across diverse operating environments.
- Excellent Flexibility: EPDM’s flexibility allows our seals to adapt seamlessly to irregular surfaces and complex geometries. This flexibility ensures a secure, uniform seal, even in challenging sealing conditions.
- Superior Compression Set Resistance: Our EPDM Seals exhibit superior compression set resistance, retaining their original shape and sealing effectiveness even after repeated compression, ensuring long-lasting performance.
- Chemical Resistance: EPDM’s resistance to a variety of chemicals enhances the reliability of our seals in applications where exposure to aggressive fluids is common.
- Customisation: At Advanced Seals and Gaskets, we understand that industries have unique sealing requirements. Our EPDM Seals can be customised in terms of size, shape, and specifications to meet the specific needs of your applications.
- Easy Installation: The design of our EPDM Seals facilitates easy installation, simplifying assembly, replacement, or maintenance procedures and minimising downtime.
We offer both solid EPDM and EPDM rubber strip products, as well as EPDM sponge options. EPDM strips are supplied in a variety of standard lengths, such as 10-metre lengths, and can be customised to specific length and quantity requirements to suit your project. Our supply capabilities ensure you receive the right product for your needs, and product availability may vary depending on stock, with some items occasionally sold out due to high demand. Price information is available upon request for different EPDM product types and quantities.
Here at Advanced Seals & Gaskets, we have the expertise and facilities to produce many EPDM seals in the form of washers, gaskets, strips, O-rings, cord, and extrusions made in bespoke profiles, designed to prevent the leakage or ingress of air, fluids, or gases and to provide protection. EPDM rubber strips are available for applications such as window and door seals, and are supplied in both standard and custom lengths. EPDM seals are also used for dust exclusion and insulation in both interior and exterior applications, and are suitable for use under pressure. Both solid EPDM and EPDM sponge are available, with sponge EPDM providing cushioning and insulation properties for applications requiring sound absorption or vibration control. We can supply EPDM products in various quantities to meet your requirements.
Customers commonly request seals to be produced in EPDM due to its excellent list of resistance and strength properties and are available of grades and hardnesses from 40°- 90° shore (the shore hardness is measured using a shore durometer which indicates the level of resistance to indentation, the higher number on the scale indicate a greater resistance - harder the material/lower number indicate less resistance- softer the material.
All our EPDM seals are made to order and are based on dimensions, samples, or drawings provided by customers to ensure the final product fits their application perfectly. As each seal type requires a different manufacturing process, ASG has invested heavily in various machinery, enabling us to produce high-quality EPDM seals in both high and low volumes. EPDM seals are a preferred choice for applications that expose them to water, chemicals, and ozone, such as automotive, household appliances, and waste systems.
What are EPDM Seals?
EPDM is a synthetic rubber, an abbreviation of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer, a durable rubber popular for a range of applications. EPDM seals are devices or substrates used to securely join surfaces, acting either as a separator or as a barrier to prevent liquids, solids, or gases from escaping or penetrating the application.
EPDM seals can take the form of cut gaskets, strips, washers, extruded profiles, and cord, all manufactured from the same material that can be compressed, further ‘hardens' it to create a secure seal. Many of our EPDM seals can be supplied with a choice of self-adhesives to assist with placement and hold the seal in position.
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Product Specification & Key Characteristics
- Colour: Black, White/Blue (FDA)
- Available Grades: High Temperature, WRAS Approved, Commercial, FDA
- Density: 40 – 90 Shore Hardness
- Resistances: UV, O Zone, Water
- Temperature Range: 150°C to -500°C (depending on grade)
- Thickness: Any thickness is available on custom-made buildings
Complete technical data can be supplied upon request or downloaded from our online portal.
Introduction to EPDM
EPDM, or Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer, is a highly versatile synthetic rubber material that has become a staple in the manufacture of rubber seals, gaskets, and strips. This advanced material is engineered from a unique combination of ethylene, propylene, and a diene monomer, resulting in a rubber that offers outstanding performance in a wide range of sealing applications. One of the key reasons EPDM rubber is considered an ideal material for outdoor environments is its excellent resistance to weathering, ozone, and a variety of chemicals. This makes EPDM particularly suitable for applications that involve exposure to harsh conditions, such as fluctuating temperatures, UV radiation, and aggressive fluids.
EPDM rubber is available in a variety of hardnesses, allowing it to be accurately cut and tailored to meet the specific requirements of each project. Whether used in gaskets, seals, or custom extrusions, EPDM provides long-term performance and durability, even in the most demanding environments. Its ability to maintain flexibility and sealing integrity over time ensures that EPDM remains a preferred choice for industries seeking reliable solutions for both indoor and outdoor sealing challenges.
Seals
Here at Advanced Seals & Gaskets, we offer seals in an array of materials such as EPDM, Silicone, Solid rubber, Cork, Plastics, Polyethylene, Polyurethane and PVC foam, to name just a few. Seals are designed to prevent leakages once compressed between irregular surfaces. Having the incorrect shape, size, or material would cause the gasket to fail. All of our seals are manufactured using specialised machinery, as we understand the final cut and finish of the seal needs to be perfect.
Types of Rubber Seals
Rubber seals play a crucial role in a wide array of industries, from construction and automotive to manufacturing and beyond. There are several types of rubber seals available, each designed to meet specific needs and environmental demands. Among the most popular are EPDM, neoprene, and nitrile seals. EPDM seals stand out for their excellent resistance to UV rays, weathering, and ozone, making them especially suitable for exterior applications where long-term durability is essential.
A key feature of many EPDM seals is the option for self-adhesive backing, which simplifies installation and ensures a secure, airtight bond to a variety of materials. This not only speeds up the installation process but also enhances the seal's overall performance. Neoprene and nitrile seals offer distinct advantages, such as resistance to oils and certain chemicals, making them suitable for specific industrial and automotive applications. However, when it comes to applications that demand superior resistance to environmental factors and reliable sealing in outdoor or exposed environments, EPDM rubber seals are often the material of choice. Their combination of flexibility, durability, and ease of installation makes them a preferred solution across many industries.
Why use EPDM Seals?
Rubber seals are ideal for customers seeking both standard and non-standard profiles to fit specific applications. The process of producing a moulded or extruded seal ensures the customer receives an identical product each time, which is essential for high-volume production and assembly.
Using an EPDM seal provides end users with a perfectly fitting rubber profile and the properties of the EPDM material. EPDM rubber has an operating temperature range of -30°C to +110 °C. It is resistant to environmental extremes such as UV rays, Ozone, and weather, making it a good material for both internal and external applications.
They are commonly applied to industrial applications that require sealing. Extruded EPDM moulding has endless uses, from sleeves, feet, bellows, and edge trims. EPDM rubber is available in a number of hardnesses and grades, all of which can be moulded to form a profile of your choice.
Different Grades
Advanced Seals & Gaskets work with many material manufacturers and suppliers, giving our customers more choice when designing their EPDM rubber seal. Other grades available include:
FDA grades: Food-quality EPDM is available in blue and white options. This synthetic material is suitable for use in food and pharmaceutical processing applications. EPDM food-grade quality offers good resistance to animal and vegetable oils, is non-toxic, and has a working temperature range of -25°C to +140°C.
WRAS-approved EPDM rubber seals are suitable for use in potable water applications (water for human consumption). The material is resistant to weathering, ozone, ageing, and chemicals, and meets the standards BS 6920-1:2000 and BS 6920-1:2014. WRAS-approved EPDM has a working temperature range of -40°C to +120°C.
Peroxide Cured - Vulcanising or curing EPDM using peroxide (as opposed to Sulphur) produces a superior material with higher temperature resistance, heat resistance and improved oil and chemical resistance. This material is suitable for demanding applications such as nuclear facilities.
Please get in touch if you are unsure which grade of EPDM or type of seal you require for your application. Samples of our materials are readily available for your perusal.
Benefits of EPDM Seals
- Ozone and Weather Resistant
- Durable
- Variety of Grades
- Resistance to Fine Particles
- Can be made to bespoke designs
- Created an air and water-tight seal
The Advantages of Using EPDM Seals
There are many advantages to EPDM seals within many applications, namely its extensive list of properties and the variety of grades available. EPDM is ideal for use where a strong, versatile material is required, including environments with exposure to ozone, UV, chemicals, water/steam, and acids.
EPDM rubber is readily available in a range of thicknesses, making cutting certain seals quicker; however, more complex seals, such as mouldings and extrusions, will take longer due to the processes involved. The tear resistance of the material allows us to accurately cut or extrude seals to meet our customers' exact specifications without causing damage to the final product.
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