A ” Soft Gasket” material is a term used when referring to a gasket material that is easily compressed under a low bolt load. This term has been used to distinguish the difference from a metallic gasket. A soft gasket material can be selected from a large variety of rubbers (neoprene, viton, SBR, EPDM, etc.), TFE, graphite, and compressed non-asbestos sheet products. Soft gaskets are used in a wide range of applications from pipe flange, heat exchanger, compressor and bonnet valve gaskets to name just a few. Soft gasketing material can be purchased in a variety of cut shapes or be provided in sheet or rolls.
Gasket Materials:
- Biaxially Orientated PTFE Sheet
- Flexible Graphite Sheet
- Non-Asbestos Sheet
- Joint Sealant
- Natural Rubber
- SBR (Styrene-Butadiene)
- CR (Chloroprene) (Neoprene)
- Buna-N-Rubber (Nitrile, NBR)
- Fluorocarbon (Viton)
- Hypalon (Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene)
- Silicones
- EPDM (Ethylene Propylene-Diene Monomer)
- Grafoil
- Ceramic Fiber
- Plastics
- PTFE Envelope Gaskets
- Vegetable Fiber Sheet