Butyl Rubber Parts

We offer butyl rubber fabrication and are a butyle products manufacturer. With excellent properties for use in sealing, Butyl is a popular material choice for many applications. It ages well in both ozone and sunlight and because of its ability to form an airtight seal and due to excellent low permeability to gases it is used extensively in vacuum sealing.

Butyl has superior shock-dampening capabilities and is excellent as an electrical insulator and outstanding resistance to heat, abrasion and tearing.

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Vip Rubber and Plastic is one of the best rubber and plastic manufacturing facilities in America. We specialize in custom rubber extrusions, plastic extrusions, rubber sheet products, molded rubber products, plastic pipe and tubing.

Characteristics of Butyl

Butyl is ASTM D-2000 Classification class AA, BA and is known by its chemical name Isobutylene.

Tensile Strength: 1500 P.S.I.
Elongation – 350% Maximum
Heat Aging Resistance – Excellent
Abrasion Resistance – Good
Compression Set – Good
Tear Resistance – Good
Weather Resistance – Excellent
Ozone Resistance – Excellent
Gas Permeability Resistance – Excellent
Oil Resistance – Poor
Standard Temperature Range: -50° to +250°
Hardness (Shore A): 40-75

Common Uses Of Butyl

Because of Butyl’s low permeability to gases, it is often used in vacuum sealing and can be used as a hydraulic seal as well. Uses include:

Hydraulic Seals
Vacuum Seals
O-Rings
Tank Liners
Pond Liners
Construction Hoses
Shock Mounts
Stoppers and Seals for Medical Containers
Hardness (Shore A): 40-75

Butyl is available from Vip Rubber and Plastic in extruded form as well as molded and in sheet.

Industries Using Butyl

Butyl is used in the medical industry for tubing and hoses but also as stoppers for glass bottles, medicine bottles, and pharmaceuticals as well as caps and seals for containers requiring a gas/moisture barrier to prevent contamination. It is used in construction to improve the weathering ability of sealants and asphalt and is used in manufacturing across a wide range of industries for conveyor belting formulations and liners. It can also be found in a wide range of consumer products in electrical and sports applications.