Elastomerics Blog

Stockwell Elastomerics continues to grow its capability in processing and fabricating high performance silicones for a wide variety of critical technical gasketing and sealing applications….

What is Compression Force Deflection? Compression force deflection (CFD) is a common term in the rubber foam and sponge industry – it’s available on most…

Stockwell Elastomerics’ Applications Engineering Team demystifies compression and all its intricacies with a series of blog posts on this topic. Since Stockwell Elastomerics created a…

In an effort to have readily available inventory of high performance ultra-thin silicone, Stockwell Elastomerics has developed a new product family to satisfy the demands…

Stockwell Elastomerics is well known for being an expert in silicone, silicone + acrylic adhesive lamination, elastomers, sealing design challenges, and custom elastomer gasket manufacturing….

About four years ago, Stockwell Elastomerics’ Applications Engineering team started an experiment to see the effects of different environmental factors on gasket materials. This was…

Silicon Metal (SiMe) is essential to producing polydimethylsiloxane, commonly known as silicone rubber. There is no substitute. Silicon metal refining facilities in China provide roughly…

In November 2021, Stockwell Elastomerics implemented the first phase of increasing capacity in its liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection molding area. Phase 2 of this…

Many industries need materials that can transfer heat. Broadly, this is known as thermal management. Applications can range from microelectronics, where powerful processing units require…

Outgassing or off-gassing is a phenomenon that occurs in plastics, epoxies, rubber, adhesives, and other non-metal materials. When exposed to heat or a vacuum, material can…