Solid Silicone Pads
Stockwell offers pads cut from stock silicone sheet goods or custom molded silicone sheets. Solid silicone pads can be directly injection molded when feasible. Solid silicone pads are a good choice for vibration isolation and dampening especially when the environmental temperatures change. Silicone by nature maintains its mechanical resiliency over a wide temperature range where other polymers will soften or stiffen. Stockwell has designed tooling to injection mold silicone sheets in .030", .045", .062", .093" and .125" thick from durometers from 10 to 70 Shore A.

Sponge Silicone Pads
Pads made from silicone sponge are a good fit for mechanical shock protection and vibration dampening in smaller devices that have less weight. The compressibility and closed cells of the sponge allow for compression integrity without absorbing water or other fluids that the pad may be exposed to. Using sponge silicone pads for ruggedized portable instruments and communication equipment may be a good choice. The mechanical stability of silicone throughout a wide range of temperatures will ensure that the pad will perform well in drop test. Softening and stiffening of other polymers may jeopardize expensive components. Another good alternative to silicone sponge pads is silicone foam pads.

Foam Silicone Pads
Similar to silicone sponge pads, silicone foam pads offer great mechanical resiliency over a wide temperature range. Pads made from silicone foam are a good fit for mechanical shock protection and vibration dampening for smaller light weight devices such as GPS or hand held scanners. The excellent compression set resistance of the open celled foams means the "spring" action of the foam will be maintained over a long period of time. Like all of the silicone products that Stockwell carries, silicone foam offers excellent mechanical stability through a wide range of temperatures. This ensures that the foam silicone pad will perform well in drop tests, where softening and stiffening of other polymers may jeopardize expensive components.

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