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 elastomers, compressed non-asbestos, PTFE, flexible graphite and high temperature sheet products. Soft gaskets are used in a wide range of applications such as for pipe flanges, heat exchangers, compressors and bonnet valves. Soft gasket material can be purchased in a variety of cut shapes or be provided in sheet or rolls.
Range of Materials:
Aramid + NBR
Aramid + SBR
NBR
NR
SBR (Styrene - Butadiene)
Tanged Graphite
Pure Graphite
Expanded PTFE
PFTE
RPTFE
Neoprene
Chloroprene
EPDM (Ethylene Propylene)
Fluorocarbon (Viton)