RUBBER & GASKETS

Sheet Rubber

NEOPRENE RUBBER
A general purpose compound with low temperature flexibility and oil resistance. Resists rotting, checking, and cracking due to weather exposure. Commonly used for gaskets, sealing, skirting, cushioning, or stripping rubber material. Great for rubber washers and bushings.

SLAB NEOPRENE RUBBER
High-grade commercial neoprene offered in heavy gauges. These high-quality slabs lay flat, rather than bent or rolled, to make cutting easier. Used for machinery mounting pads, wear strips, shock pads and where medium oil and ozone resistance is required.

RED RUBBER
An economical red SBR (Styrene Butadiene) sheet for use in low pressure applications with no oil resistant requirements. Red rubber remains the industry’s general service gasket material for common applications such as water.

GUM RUBBER
Excellent physical properties such as superior resilience, tensile, elongation, and abrasion resistance. Tan floating stock is produced entirely with FDA approved ingredients. It has good tear strength and is resistant to water, most salts, mild acids and other chemicals. Not suited for environments involving ozone, strong acids, animal fats, oils, greases and most hydrocarbons. Non-marking and safe to use for repeated food exposure.

EPDM RUBBER
For use in applications requiring higher temperature ranges, ozone, chemical and weather resistance.

CLOTH INSERTED RUBBER
Where applications call for maximum conformity and deformation resistance, RAGCO offers reinforced sheet rubber in several popular combinations of fabric and compounds. Fabric reinforced rubber presents good dimensional stability under high compression loads. Custom compounding and fabrication of reinforced sheet products can be specified to match unique application requirements.

NITRILE RUBBER
For use in applications requiring a rubber sheet or gasket with high resistance to petroleum based fluids.

WHITE FDA NITRILE RUBBER
A sheet specially formulated for its whiteness, used in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic processing. Made from FDAapproved ingredients per 21CFR 177.2600, it is non-marking, non-allergenic, and safe to use for repeated food exposure. It has good oil and abrasion resistance and handles oily and greasy food products well.

VITON® RUBBER
A premium grade fluoro-elastomer sheet for the most demanding applications. Excellent heat and chemical resistance, but not suitable for flex fuels containing high levels of alcohol or MTBE.

SILICONE RUBBER
Silicone sheet is designed to be used in applications where extreme high and low temperature resistance is needed. This material also provides excellent UV and ozone resistance, is non-toxic, chemically inert and fungus resistant.

HYPALON® RUBBER
With resistance to most chemicals, temperature extremes, ultraviolet light, and oil, Hypalon® chlorosulfonated polyethylene is used in a wide range of industrial and automotive applications where high performance is critical.

BUTYL RUBBER
Butyl rubber has exceptionally low gas and moisture permeability and outstanding resistance to heat aging, weather, ozone, chemical attack, flexing, abrasion and tearing. It is resistant to phosphate ester based hydraulic fluids, and has excellent electrical insulation performance. Butyl is not recommended for use when in contact with petroleum oils and fluids.

SPONGE RUBBER
Available plain or with PSA backing close cell sponge rubber is an economical seal with excellent compression. This material can be used to absorb shocks, cushion, deaden sound and seal against, air, moisture and light and dust penetration. The blend of Neoprene and EPDM makes this material moderately resistant to oil and ozone. Meets a variety of industry speficiations. Preslit weather stripping also available.

CORK RUBBER
Cork Rubber material is a mixture of first grade granulated cork and a synthetic rubber polymer. This gives the product the high resilience of rubber and the compressibility of cork. It is manufactured by conjoining the cork, glycerin-glue, and a rubber binder under heat and pressure.

AASHTO BEARING PAD
Neoprene Bearing Pads provide a uniform transfer of load from beam to substructure. They permit beam rotation at the bearing point due to deflection or misalignment. They absorb vibration and prevent sound transfer, while reducing the destructive action of vibration between movable and stationary structural members. They also provide for movement caused by normal expansion and contraction. Neoprene Bearing Pads are used extensively in bridge structures and pre-stressed and precast concrete buildings. Also used in industrial machinery and heavy equipment applications.

SKIRTBOARD RUBBER
Abrasion resistant, flexible, and excellent for use as conveyor skirting, chute lining, snow plow blades, and more.

GASKET materials

GREEN GENERAL PURPOSE GASKET SHEET
Excellent gasket material with good chemical and petroleum resistance. Excellent sealability in oil, gasoline, mild chemical, water, and other fluid applications. See our commercial flange gasket chart for information on standard gasket sizes.

COMPRESSED GASKET SHEET with NITRILE BINDER
A premium sheet constructed from aramid fibers and a Nitrile binder. This material serves in water, aliphatic hydrocarbons, oil, and gasoline applications Provides excellent sealability and drastically lowered emission levels.

COMPRESSED GASKET SHEET with SBR BINDER
Constructed from aramid fibers and an SBR binder this material serves in water, inert gases, and saturated steam applications (saturated steam under 150psi). Provides excellent sealability and drastically lowered emission levels.

COMPRESSED GASKET SHEET with NEOPRENE BINDER
Constructed from aramid fibers and a neoprene binder this sheet serves in water, refrigerant, oil, fuel, and saturated steam applications (saturated steam under 150psi). Provides excellent sealability and drastically lowered emission levels.

COMPRESSED GASKET SHEET with EPDM BINDER
Constructed from aramid fibers and an EPDM binder this material serves in water, inert gases, and saturated steam applications (saturated steam under 150psi). Provides excellent sealability and drastically lowered emission levels.

INORGANIC FIBER GASKET SHEET
Constructed with inorganic fibers with a nitrile binder. Reduced creep relaxation and improved torque retention provide optimal sealing. Most inorganic fiber gasket sheets are ABS Fire Safe Type approved.

OIL PAPER / VEGETABLE FIBER
Premium grade vegetable fiber sheet packing, efficiently saturated with a glue-glycerin impregnant rendered insoluble by means of a tanning agent to create a strong, flexible, all-proof packing.

HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPRESSED SHEET
These high-temperature gasket materials excel in the harshest conditions- intense heat, high pressure, saturated steam and hot oils. The complex engineering process involves laboratory tests for fire safety. They maintain effective seal during pressure and temperature fluctuations. Superior torque retention lowers leakage rates and reduces maintenance time.

GRAPHITE GASKET MATERIALS
Graphite Gasket Products are flat gasketing materials composed of pure, exfoliated flake material. These materials excel in extreme conditions, withstand high temperatures, high pressures, and aggressive chemicals, and are proven fire-safe. Graphite provides a reliable seal as it seals easily under moderate bolt load, offers superior torque retention, retains dimensional stability in high temperatures and seals tightly even during pressure fluctuations. Flexible graphite is manufactured in such a manner that no organic or inorganic binders and fillers are introduced—the end product is essentially graphite with outstanding physical properties. The insertion of wire mesh, stainless steel foil, and tanged metal inserts increase strength and ease of handling.

PTFE GASKET PRODUCTS
PTFE Gasket Products are flat PTFE gasketing materials. These high-performance PTFE materials are manufactured using a process that imparts unique physical properties, which are not obtainable through conventional manufacturing methods.

METAL & BOILER GASKETS

SPIRAL WOUND GASKETS
Metal gasket made spiral winding metal material and adding a sealing filler. Available with inner or outer rings or both.

FLANGE GASKETS
Gasket cut from various materials to seal standard ANSI flanges and other common flange dimensions.

SPIRAL WOUND MANWAY & HANDHOLE GASKETS
Gaskets for boiler handhole, tubecap and manhole covers incorporating the unique Flexitallic Spiral Wound profile and specially manufactured with graphite filler, are ideal for corrosive, high pressure or temperature duties. Flexitallic’s anticipation of developments in modern steam generating and engineering equipment and ability to design to specific requirements are the guarantee of the perfect seal at minimum maintenance cost with consistently high standards of performance.

SELF-LOCATOR GASKETS
The SELF LOCATOR gaskets are a complete stainless steel containment of a sealing element offering a true compression seal. The patented design gives you long term reliability without flange welding and eliminates misalignment on installation. Due to its universal sizing, one gasket fits all flange pressure classes, eliminating the chance of incorrect gasket selection. The most important feature of the gasket is the high unit load generated by the narrow sealing area provides a considerably higher flange clamping pressure and a better seal at a lower clamping force. The standard gasket material is 316 SS, with two (2) tracks of Flexible Graphite sealing elements. Specialty gasket material and/or sealing elements are available as options.

TOPOG-E® GASKETS
The steam boiler market makes extreme demands on gaskets; Topog-E® molded rubber gaskets are specifically formulated to meet and exceed these demands and deliver industry standard performance.

HOSE COUPLING GASKETS

CAM-LOCK GASKETS (CAM & GROOVE COUPLING GASKETS)
AIR HOSE COUPLING GASKETS
4-LUG GASKETS
SUCTION HOSE COUPLING GASKETS
PIN-LUG FITTING GASKETS
FIRE HOSE GASKETS
GARDEN HOSE WASHERS