Automated Flow-in-Place Gasketing Material and design considerations
Traditionally, gaskets have been made of die-cut or foam tape materials that are manually placed on the substrate. Manual application of gaskets may raise issues concerning the labor cost of applying the gasket, production speed and waste generation for some applications. Hundreds of manufacturers have resolved these and other concerns by converting to flow-in-place gasketing.
New material technologies and formulations have been developed to offer expanded performance characteristics for the materials available for automated flow-in-place gasketing. With these new material choices comes some confusion. What is the proper material for a given application? How is this material best applied?