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Molded Silicone Rubber Parts

Silicone rubber is an extremely versatile material with one of the widest temperature ranges for elastomers, making it an ideal choice for use in applications across many industries. It exhibits excellent compression set and is a go-to material for those seeking excellent weather resistance such as ozone, oxygen, and moisture.

Silicone rubber is often used in window and door seals, appliances, electronics and weather seals. Due to its temperature, range it is also used in high voltage insulation, outdoor cable protection, HVAC drains, electronics and fluid transfer as well as many custom applications. Silicone rubber is not a strong choice for flame resistance or in exposure to oil, but has excellent aging properties in sunlight and good adhesion to metals.

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

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Silicone

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.

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Characteristics of Silicone

Silicone is ASTM D-2000 Classification FC, FE, GE and is known by its chemical definition of Polysiloxane

  • Tensile Strength: 200-1500 P.S.I.
  • Elongation 700% Maximum
  • Heat Aging Resistance – Excellent
  • Abrasion Resistance – Poor
  • Compression Set Resistance – Excellent
  • Tear Resistance – Fair
  • Flame Resistance – Poor
  • Weather Resistance – Excellent
  • Ozone Resistance – Excellent
  • Gas Permeability Resistance – Poor
  • Oil Resistance – Fair
  • Standard Temperature Range: -100° to +450°F
  • Hardness (Shore A): 25 to 80
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Uses for Silicone

We offer a wide range of custom services for Silicone:

  • Printing on Parts
  • Splicing
  • Pole Curing
  • Cut-to-Length
  • Fabricated Coated Extrusion/Mold
  • Fabric Reinforced Sheet
  • Co-extrusions
  • PSA Application
  • Custom Compounding
  • Custom Dies
  • Custom and Standard Shapes

Industries

With strong weather resistance and aging due to sunlight exposure Silicone is an excellent choice for use within the Aircraft, Aerospace, Military, and Automotive industries. Other industries using Silicone include Architecture (including Curtain Wall), Railcars, Food Service Healthcare, and Retail.

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Other Rubber Materials

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

Butyl

Vip’s Ecoprene rubber is a proprietary formulation that offers a good, low-cost material alternative for use in non-critical applications.

Ecoprene

EPDM molded compound products are known for their excellent resistance to ozone, mild acids, detergents, alkalis, silicone oils, alcohol and ketones.

EPDM

custom compounded rubber

Fluorosilicone rubber products features the wide temperature stability of silicone combined with the resistance to fuel, oil and solvents that fluorocarbon exhibits.

Fluorosilicone

FKM Viton rubber

For those seeking a combination of characteristics that include high-temperature resistance and chemical resistance, FKM Rubber – Fluorocarbon is often considered a universal elastomer for its ability to perform in many applications requiring both.no

FKM Viton

Natural rubber is still used in many applications such as fluid stoppers and as a vibrational dampener.

Natural Rubber

Neoprene rubber extrusions

Chloroprene was originally developed as an oil-resistant substitute for natural rubber.

Neoprene

Image nitrile

Nitrile has excellent resistance to silicone greases, hydraulic fluids, alcohols, and water.

Nitrile

When you need the military spec silicone rubber known as ZZ-R-765 (superseded by A-A-59588) look no further than Vip Rubber and Plastic Company.

ZZ-R-765 / A-A-59588

Styrene Butadiene, SBR, Buna-S™ is a copolymer of styrene and butadiene that exhibits good physical properties.

Buna-S™ (SBR)

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