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Silicone CG Blue – 50A
Silicone liners are resilient materials that are commonly used to create high temperature industrial rubber parts. Silicone Liners are used to protect separate and protect parts from a surface cover. High temp silicone gasket material is the ideal material for industrial environments due to its excellent thermal stability and environmental resistance properties. Due to its high temperature resistance range, silicone rubber mats can offer a level of safety to an application as silicone will not deteriorate in abrasive applications as well as in applications involving materials intended for human consumption. Furthermore, due to their thermal stability and excellent resistance against damaging environmental factors, silicone liners make durable industrial rubber parts that will create safe applications.
Are Silicone Mats Safe?
Silicone mats are safe due to their superior thermal stability, excellent compression set, and resistance to damaging outdoor factors, such as UV rays, ozone, oxygen, and moisture. These properties are made possible through the inorganic silicon-to-oxygen bonded polymer backbone structure of silicone liners. These excellent resistance properties of silicone rubber mats allow you to create and maintain a safe industrial work space. Silicone liners retain an operating temperature range of -103 to +500 degrees Fahrenheit and are often used in industrial and automotive industrial as these settings often experience extreme heat and heavy machinery. Silicone liners are considered elastomers and are flexible materials that can flex and stretch over a wide temperature range. This makes silicone liners the perfect material for these settings as both industrial and automotive industries involve applications that emit heat. Not only can these rubber parts be exposed to heat, but they can also be used in outdoor environment. Silicone rubber mats can also be used in outdoor settings due to their resistance to outdoor environmental factors. UV resistant silicone is will not be negatively affected by harsh UV rays, ozone, oxygen, and moisture allowing it to be used and left outdoors without worry of damage. This allows for safe and reliable applications in outdoor industrial settings without giving out or failing.
Silicone CG Blue – 50A
- Excellent fungus resistance
- Can be exposed to UV and ozone
- Commercial grade silicone sheet with a smooth texture
- Custom fabrication into seals and gaskets available upon request
- Blue colored silicone is not a common color sheet good and can serve to identify parts based on their material makeup
Low Durometer Silicone: With a durometer rating of 50 Shore A, this silicone elastomer favors physical flexibility over durability. It is meant to be used in applications that call for more pliability from the rubber parts used in them. Thanks to the low durometer rating, this commercial grade silicone is easier to cut, manipulate, and fabricate than those of a higher durometer.
Chemical Resistance: In addition to being able to resist extreme temperature conditions, this silicone sheet material has a moderate degree of chemical resistance. This feature comes in handy in case this elastomer is being used in a laboratory setting or other areas with the presence of chemicals. Some examples of the chemicals that this low durometer silicone can endure are solutions of ammonia gas, acetic acid, vinegar, sodium sulfate, and more.
Does Silicone Leach Chemicals?
Silicone can leach chemicals, however, FDA approved silicone rubber will leach low levels of chemicals, making it safe. Industrial and FDA approved silicone rubber materials are made up of varying levels of chemicals as FDA approved silicone rubber must comply with Title 21 of the code of federal regulations. This title lists the guidelines that are required for rubber materials that are made for repeated use around food or beverages (accessdata.fda.gov). Because silicone liners are common materials found in cooking products, it must be chemically stable; however, “They can leach certain synthetic chemicals at low levels, and the leaching is increased with fatty substances, such as oils” (lifewithoutplastic.com). Due to the low levels of chemicals released from FDA approved silicone rubber sheets, they are often used as a safer alternative to plastic materials. Plastics can leave even more harmful chemicals into food or beverages and there is no food grade variation of plastic. Case in point, “silicone is a high quality, relatively stable material, and leaching of chemicals from other plastics is of much greater concern” (lifewithoutplastic.com). FDA approved silicone rubber sheets are less likely to leach harmful chemicals; however, if it does, it will so at non-toxic levels.
Are Silicone Mats Heat Resistant?
Silicone mats are highly resistant with a high temperature resistance of up to +500 degrees Fahrenheit. The different grades of silicone rubber mats have different high temperature resistance ranges. Premium and FDA grade silicone liners are resistant to temperatures as high as +500 degrees Fahrenheit. FDA approved silicone liners must have excellent high temperature resistance because the food industry and medical field are both areas heat can become intense. This helps ensure that harmful chemicals do not leach from the silicone material in applications intended for human consumption. Premium grade silicone liners are used in place of commercial grade silicone rubber in applications that are exposed to extreme temperatures and outdoor factors. Commercial grade silicone rubber is resistant to temperatures as high as +450 degrees Fahrenheit. Silicone liners can provide safe and heatproof applications that are able to remain intact when exposed to extreme heat. Best of all, their +450 to +500-degree Fahrenheit high temperature resistance range can help maintain a safe industrial setting by remaining unburned and intact when coming into contact with high temperatures.
Silicone CG Red/Orange – 50A
- Popular Silicone 50 Shore A
- Resistant to UV rays and ozone
- Exhibits a moderate level of chemical resistance
- Available for custom fabrication into seals and gaskets
- Rolls available in either 25ft or 50ft lengths depending on thickness
- This red silicone sheet rubber is available in a wide variety of thicknesses
High Temperature Sheet Material: This would not be a proper silicone sheet rubber if it were not able to endure harsh temperature conditions. You can expose this red silicone material to temperatures that reach as high as 450 F. At the same time, it is also able to operate in extremely cold temperatures, with a specific minimum temperature limit of -103 F.
50 Durometer Rubber: In order to help people determine how hard and physically durable an elastomer is against physical indentation, sheet rubber is often accompanied by a durometer rating. The higher the rating, the more resistant the body of the rubber will be against physically demanding objects. As this rating goes lower, the rubber becomes more flexible and pliable. A durometer rating of Silicone 50 shore indicates that the rubber is not that hard and is more pliable in nature. That is why we recommend this silicone 50 shore for commercial grade applications where physical properties are not crucial to have.
What are Silicone Liners Used for?
Silicone liners are used to make protective rubber parts such as high temperature gaskets and seals as well as resilient weatherstrips. Silicone liners are the perfect materials for creating durable gaskets, seals, and weatherstrips due to their excellent heat resistance, low compression set, and weatherability. Compression set refers to ‘the amount of permanent deformation that occurs when a material is compressed to a specific deformation, for a specified time, at a specific location” (sciencedirect.com). Silicone rubber has a wide operating temperature range of -103 to +500 degrees Fahrenheit for premium and FDA approved silicone rubber sheets and up to +450 degrees Fahrenheit for commercial grade sheets. Due to these properties, high temp silicone gasket material can be used in heated industrial applications as well as in any outdoor applications whether it be industrial or residential. Industrial settings may include applications where extreme heat is involved making high temp silicone gasket material the ideal rubber material for these settings. Silicone is extremely difficult to melt or catch fire and will require a tremendous amount of heat. For instance, “Silicone is not considered to be flammable. It can catch fire and burn but that requires high temperatures to do so. The ignition temperature of silicone is 842 degrees Fahrenheit (450 Celsius)” (firefighterinsider.com). Due to its high ignition temperature, silicone liners are the perfect high temperature material used to create high temperature gaskets and seals. UV resistant silicone is also used to create weatherstrips. UV resistant silicone is not only resistant against harsh UV rays, but it is also resistant to other outdoor factors, such as ozone, oxygen, and moisture. UV rays and ozone, in particular, are highly damaging to organic rubber variations. Ozone breaks the bonds in the backbone structure of organic rubber variations, causing the material to crack and break. For example, “Organic rubber has a carbon-to-carbon backbone which can leave it susceptible to ozone, UV, heat, and other aging factors that silicone rubber can withstand well” (Wikipedia.org). UV resistant silicone is the perfect material for creating weatherstrips and is commonly used to seal home doors and windows as well as those on vehicles. UV resistant silicone will not degrade after extended exposure to environmental factors and will not swell when exposed to excessive moisture.
Silicone rubber mats are safe and reliable materials used to create durable industrial rubber parts. Silicone liners are excellent materials that are resistant against heat up to +500 degrees Fahrenheit and damaging environmental factors, such as harsh UV rays, ozone, oxygen, and moisture, making them versatile indoor/outdoor materials. UV resistant silicone sheets not only make excellent outdoor rubber materials, but they are also excellent high temperature industrial materials. High temp silicone gasket material can offer a safe application and will not melt or fail in an application. Silicone liners are also ideal materials for creating weatherstrips as they are able to last in outdoor conditions without losing functionality or aging. Silicone liners are resilient and safe materials used to create durable industrial rubber parts.
