Silicones That Work

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) is announcing the release of a new white paper that describes the ISO 9001:2008 certified company’s EMI extrusion capabilities. Recently, SSP added a 40-ton Loomis extruder at its Ballston Spa, New York facility. This equipment supports SSP’s entry into the global marketplace for extruded EMI elastomers and provides product engineers, material converters, and gasket fabricators with important new opportunities. Click here to get your copy of this [...]

Silicone rubber that’s filled with metal or metal-coated particles provides excellent EMI/RFI shielding and environmental sealing. The heavy loading of metal fills increases electrical conductivity, but can reduce tensile strength and Z-axis compression. If a material lacks sufficient tensile strength, cutting a small part with a thin cross-section may result in tearing during application or packaging. To address these concerns, Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) offers ArmouRFI™ [...]

Silicone greases are waterproof lubricants that provide sealing and insulation for mechanical, electrical, military, marine, and many other applications. They’re made by combining a silicone oil with a special thickener, and are supplied in tubes, jars, cartridges, and plastic pails as a translucent, whitish, viscous paste. Many different types of silicone greases are available, so it’s important to select a lubricating compound that’s right for your application. Specialty [...]

Design engineers and gasket fabricators like fluorosilicones because these elastomers combine the high and low temperature resistance of silicones with the fuel and oil resistance of fluorocarbons. Yet all fluorosilicone rubber isn’t the same. Some materials meet general-purpose or application-specific sealing requirements. Others are filled with metal-coated particles for EMI shielding. If you need a fluorosilicone for your next sealing or shielding project, what’s the right type [...]

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) supplies M83528 gasket materials and a full line of silicones and fluorosilicones that meet military and aerospace requirements. Specifically, SSP provides compounds that are fully tested to MIL-DTL-25988C and A-A 59588 standards. Converters, gasket fabricators, and aerospace and defense contractors can also choose SSP compounds that meet SAE AMS 3326 requirements. MIL-R-25988C Fluorosilicones MIL-DTL-25988C is a U.S. military specification (MIL-SPEC) for [...]