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Gasket Compression Explained

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:5 March 2025
  • Post category:Customer Support/Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment/Marketing/Operations/Purchasing/Quality Control/Sales

Gasket compression can support enclosure sealing or contribute to seal failure. That's because rubber gaskets are resilient, but only to a point.

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Gasket Design Guide: Five Things You Need to Know

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:1 March 2025
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Elasto Proxy's Gasket Design Guide provides an overview of five things that engineers need to know when designing sealing solutions.

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Foam Rubber vs. Sponge Rubber: What’s the Difference?

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:3 July 2023
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Food Equipment/Heavy Equipment/Medical

The difference between foam rubber vs. sponge rubber is about how these gasket materials are made and the sealing barrier they provide.

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Read more about the article Nitrile vs. Neoprene Gaskets

Nitrile vs. Neoprene Gaskets

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:26 June 2023
  • Post category:Engineering/Standard Rubber Products
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Learn about the differences between nitrile gaskets vs. neoprene gaskets so that you can choose the right elastomer for your sealing application.

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ICE Vehicles vs. Electric Vehicles

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:12 March 2022
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ICE vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs) have some important differences, but they both need seals, gaskets, thermal and acoustic insulation and EMI shielding.

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Read more about the article The Silicone Shortage: Causes and Solutions

The Silicone Shortage: Causes and Solutions

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:7 October 2021
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What’s causing the silicone shortage? How can you get the silicones you need in 2022? Elasto Proxy explains what you need to know now.

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Read more about the article What’s the Difference Between Nitrile vs. Neoprene?

What’s the Difference Between Nitrile vs. Neoprene?

  • Post author:Steve Melito
  • Post published:7 July 2019
  • Post category:Engineered Rubber Products/Engineering/Heavy Equipment

What’s the difference between nitrile vs. neoprene for seals, gaskets, and insulation? Both elastomers provide good resistance to compression set and tearing. They withstand the same range of service temperatures,…

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Notching removes just the right amount of material for features like raised fastener heads.
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What is Splicing ?

Splicing bonds or joins the ends of rubber profiles to create finished gaskets.
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Cut lengths meet RMA tolerances and are water jet cut from coils of rubber.
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Puts everything your intallers need into a single box to save time on your assembly line.
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UV printing marks parts with letters and numbers and promotes traceability.