Conductive Foam Seals
Conductive Foam Seals
Conductive Foam Seals – a technological advancement that bridges the gap between performance and electromagnetic interference mitigation. Crafted with precision and designed for excellence, our Conductive Foam Seals offer unparalleled shielding capabilities while ensuring a reliable seal for your sensitive electronic and communication devices.
Our Conductive Foam Seals are engineered to deliver superior electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) protection. The unique conductive properties of the foam material allow it to effectively absorb and dissipate electromagnetic waves, safeguarding your equipment from signal disruptions and enhancing overall operational efficiency.
These foam seals are not only designed to provide exceptional EMI/RFI shielding but also to ensure optimal environmental sealing. Their compressibility and resilience enable them to conform to irregular surfaces, maintaining a tight and reliable seal against dust, moisture, and other contaminants. This dual functionality makes them an ideal choice for applications ranging from aerospace and telecommunications to medical equipment and automotive electronics.
Our Conductive Foam Seals are rigorously tested to meet industry standards for conductivity, durability, and reliability. This ensures that your sensitive equipment remains safeguarded in even the most challenging electromagnetic environments.
By incorporating our Conductive Foam Seals, you're not just enhancing the performance of your devices – you're investing in a solution that embodies innovation, reliability, and technological prowess. Count on our Conductive Foam Seals to elevate your products and applications to a new level of excellence.
Choose our Conductive Foam Seals for a seamless fusion of electromagnetic shielding and environmental sealing. With a commitment to delivering quality and performance, we're here to empower your technological advancements with materials that push the boundaries of possibility. Experience the future of EMI/RFI mitigation and sealing – choose Conductive Foam Seals for unparalleled protection and performance.
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Characteristics Of Conductive Polyethylene Foam
- Colour: Black
- Density: 30 - 45kg/m3
- Thickness: min 1.5mm
- Temperature: MAX operating temperature 90℃
- Flammability: FMVSS.302-Burn rate <100mm/min
Pass:12mm and thicker - Resistances: Impervious to chemicals, moisture and mould/fungal growth
Full technical data for Advanced Seals and Gaskets conductive polyethylene foam seals can be supplied upon request, or downloaded from our online portal.
What are Conductive Polyethylene Foam Seals?
‘Seal’ is a generic term for a group of products often taking the form of cut gaskets, strips, washers, extruded or moulded profiles and edge trims. Conductive polyethylene foam seals are a component or fitting used to fill gaps between surfaces, joining them together and creating a barrier to prevent liquids, particles and gases from escaping or penetrating the application.
Advanced Seals & Gaskets Ltd offer a number of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) seals, including those made from conductive polyethylene foam. This grade is similar to standard PE foam in composition and how it is made, but has carbon added to the compound mix which produces the deep black colour, a surface resistance of less than 106ohms and high levels of conductivity, designed to allow electrical current to pass through away from the product or component it is protecting. Unlike some of the other ESD foams on the market, Conductive Polyethylene is permanently conductive and therefore suitable for repeated use.
Why Use Conductive Polyethylene Foam Seals?
Polyethylene foam seals regardless of the grade used have the same following properties - a low compression set, are resistant to water, oils, chemicals and weather which are important when fragile and valuable items are being manufactured, packaged and transported.
This also applies to electrically static sensitive components which are at risk from becoming unusable if stored or shipped using the wrong or inadequate packing type.
Electrical goods and electronic components all naturally have a dielectric nature, making them prone to damage from surrounding electrostatic charge created during handling and movement of devices, or where the item is connected to a product which creates ESD - this is where a sudden surge of electric discharge between two electrically charged objects caused by contact or friction resulting in an electrical short or dielectric breakdown.
Conductive PE foam (used to manufacture conductive polyethylene foam seals) is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of ESD as it slowly conducts the charges, allowing them to flow through its cell structure in a controlled manner which prevents discharge or shock. Conductive Polyethylene gaskets are easy to produce using various production techniques and will compress well in order to create an air and pressure tight seal.
Benefits Of Using Conductive Polyethylene Foam Seals
- Permanent ESD protection
- Ideal for multi repeat use during packaging, storage and in-plant handling applications
- Quick and controlled transfer of static charge
- Easy to convert into seals of in form
- A soft material which offers cushioning
- Reduces cost of replacing damaged items
- Closed cell material protects goods from moisture damage
Advantage Of Using Conductive Polyethylene Foam Seals
Seals made using Conductive PE foams as with other ESD foams, offer a number of advantages and features which help maintain a safe environment, save money and protect expensive components.
Some of the properties demonstrated by conductive polyethylene foam seals include strength and resistance to tear, good shock and impact absorption, vibration dampening and resistance to water, grease, solvents and chemicals and a maximum operating temperature of +90°C. Being a closed cell material, conductive polyethylene gaskets do not support the growth of mould and bacteria, nor does it allow for moisture absorption, it is odourless, non-toxic (unless ignited) and will not cause chemical corrosion to components or surrounding packing.
As Conductive polyethylene foams are manufactured and stocked in block form, they can be quickly and easily split or laminated allowing ASG to convert conductive polyethylene foam seals in almost any thicknesses and as bespoke profiles and inserts for added security and protection from impact, movement and most importantly, damage from static charge, therefore saving end-users and manufacturers money on having to replace damaged products and also protects those in contact with the component from static shock.
Applications in which conductive PE seals can be found include medical devices , handheld electronic devices, display units such as LCD, LED lighting and within telecommunications, to name a few.
Alternative Types of Packaging Foam
- Convoluted or Eggbox Polyurethane
- Pick & pluck Polyurethane
- Anti static polyethylene
- Anti-static Polyurethane
- Conductive Plastazote foam
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