Die Cut Gaskets: The Major Manufacturing Process

Gaskets are produced in a variety of processes, namely lathe cutting, water jet cutting, mold injection techniques and die cutting. Although the first three are well known processes, it is die cut gaskets that are the most common in the gasket industry. Because gaskets are flat products that are often Continue reading

Gaskets for Windows

Timco Rubber Products, Inc. Gasket Photo

Gasket Photos Courtesy of Timco Rubber Products, Inc.

The manufacturers who create gaskets for windows are benefiting the residential, commercial and industrial contexts of society. Gaskets work as seals, providing a suction based protective layer of natural or aesthetic rubber in between two objects. When being placed between two connecting pipes these gaskets are round and Continue reading

EPDM Gaskets: How to Waterproof

Grumen Manufacturing Gasket Photo

Gaskets Photo Courtesy of Grumen Manufacturing.

Many gaskets are utilized in environments that involve water, whether they are constantly wet because they are the protective seal in a piping system or is serving as a window gasket in a car and occasionally gets wet from rain or snow. Either way, a waterproof gasket is a popular idea, so that the material does not Continue reading

High Temperature Gaskets: Take the Heat

Premier Seals Manufacturing Gasket Photos

Gasket Photos Courtesy of Premier Seals Manufacturing.

Can you take the heat? Based on the way the words “hot” and “heat” have integrated into mainstream slang in our society, we seem to associate them with strength and attractiveness. Simply put, anything that can withstand high temperatures has positive associations in our minds. Regardless of how this idea came about, the fact that heat-resistance impresses us contributes not only to Continue reading

Neoprene Gaskets and the Die Cutting Process

Gardico Gasket Photos

Gasket Photos Courtesy of Gardico.

Many synthetic rubbers are used to make gaskets, neoprene being just one of many common materials. Which one is chosen depends on the application. For example, neoprene is able to withstand highly corrosive chemical flow without breaking down, making it an excellent material for gaskets within the body of Continue reading