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Gasket Materials

Cork
  • Rubber Corks
  • Composition Corks
  • Transformer Grade Rubber Corks
  • Sheet and rolls for die cutting and fabrication
  • We can also apply PSA (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive) to most cork products
Felt
  • F-1 to F-26 and Thickness from 1/16” to 1”
  • Wool and synthetics
  • Die Cut, DieLess Cut, and Fabrication available
  • We can also apply PSA (Pressure Sensitive Adhesive) to most Felt products
High Temp Blanket Material
  • Fiberglass Products
    • Ropes – Round Braided and Square Braided
    • Tapes both plain and bolt hole
    • Blanket material
  • Ceramic Products
    • Ropes – Round Braided and Square Braided
    • Blanket material
  • Tadpole Tapes
    • With Fiberglass or Mesh cores
    • Custom sizes available
High Temp Compressed products
  • NON-Asbestos products from manufactures like
    • Thermoseal (Klingersil)
    • Garlock
    • Teadit
    • Durabla
Packing
  • Akron Gasket carries packing from many suppliers
    • Chemstar Packing
    • SEPCO
    • Garlock
    • American Brading
    • Chesterton
  • Common types of Packing
    • General Service
      • For use on pumps, valves, and shafts. Made with acrylic yarns and graphite lubricants. Shaft speeds up to 2250 FPM and Temps to 550 F with PH from 0-12
    • GFO
      • Excellent chemical resistance. Good for low pressure valves and rotary / centrifugal applications. Shaft speeds to 4300 FPM. Temp. to 550 F. pH: 0-14
    • Carbon
      • High quality, non-staining packing. Strong chemical resistance and good heat dissipation. Shaft speeds to 3000 FPM. Temp. to 650 F. pH: 014.

    • Teflon®

      • Excellent chemical and temperature resistance. Self lubricating. Prevents seepage or wicking. Shaft speeds to 1200 FPM. Temp. to 500 F. pH: 0-14
Paper Products
  • Vegetable fibre to Fibre-cork composition
  • Vulcanized fibre
  • Materials from
    • Thermoseal (Klingersil)
    • Fibreflex
    • Vellumoid
    • Armstrong
Plastics
  • Plastic shim, Mylar’s, styrene’s, polyethylene’s, polypropylenes,
  • Nylatron, nylons, HDPE, LDPE
  • Die cut, fabricated, and molded
PSA
Most all of our materials can have Pressure sensitive adhesive applied
PTFE
  • Virgin, glass filled, mechanical
  • Die cut, molded, lathe, machined, envelopes
Rubber
Neoprene, Nitrile (Buna”N”), EPDM, Natural (pure gum), FDA, Red rubber, diaphragm, skirtboard.Full range of durometers and thickness as well as custom ground thickness in neededHigh temperature rubbers like Viton (up to 450 F), Silicone (up to 500 F).
Spiral Wounds
  • All sizes from standards to customs-in all materials
  • Heat exchanger and pipe flange
Sponge
Closed cells, Open cells, Poron, extruded, molded, die cut, slit to width, fabricatedNeoprene, EPDM, Nitrile, Viton, Silicone, Polyester, Polyurethane, Filter FoamSheet and rolls as well as weather stripping any width with or without Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA)
Urethane
  • All Durometer ranges and thickness
  • Variety of colors to die cut and fabricate