Gaskets are mechanical seals designed to fill the space between two substrates, allowing imperfect surfaces to be joined together with more forgiving tolerance for surface irregularities. Often these gaskets are designed to prevent liquid, dust, debris, air, gas, EMI, light, chemicals or other items from entering or exiting a device and can tolerate a specific amount of force and compression.

A gasket or mechanical seal is generally made from a semi-resilient, conformable gasket material that can have a number of highly specialized customizations. Boyd has decades of experience and specialization in selecting best gasket material and gasket design for applications like an intake gasket, oil pan gasket, exhaust gasket, manifold gasket, enclosure door gasket or closed cell foam pad as well as vibration dampers, various mechanical seals and rubber grommets.

Solutions

• Possible customizations: resistant to oil, water, flame, mold, heat & other various chemical & environmental exposures, thicknesses, durometer, compression set & resistance, density, color
• Vibration & acoustic damping for long term device durability
• Made from various flexible & resilient materials that can be reinforced if desired & lubricated for easy assembly
• Delivered in various formats: kisscut to sheets & roll presentation, die-cut
• Plain or adhesive-backed for easy peel & stick applications featuring various tapes & adhesives

Materials

• Open & closed cell foam & sponge
• Natural rubber
• Buna-N (nitrile) & Buna S rubber
• ECH (epichlorohydrin)
• Neoprene rubber & coated fabrics
• EPDM rubber & sponge
• Silicone rubber
• EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate)
• Polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyurethane, polyimide
• PVC sponge
• Flexible & rigid vinyl
• Bucote, nicote
• Stainless steel
• Cork & cork-rubber compositions
• Plastics
• Cloth, cloth inserted rubber
• Electrically conductive foams, fabrics, rubber, tapes