Woven & Expanded
Wire in Elastomers

Product Overview

A composite of metal wire mesh impregnated with an elastomer, creating a
highly conductive and resilient gasketing material for EMI/RFI shielding
and environmental sealing applications.
Choose from:
•t oven aluminium wire, expanded aluminium or expanded Monel sheet,
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impregnated with an elastomer filler – Silicone, fluorosilicone or synthetic rubber or;
•t Expanded Monel sheet without elastomer filler.
The conductive metallic surfaces of the material provide an excellent low resistance contact
whilst under the correctly designed conditions the rubber component ensures effective dust
and moisture sealing.
The exposed metallic points on the woven product, where the weave of the wire overlaps,
create approximately 80 contacts per cm2 whilst the raised edge on the expanded sheet product
creates approximately 20 contacts per cm2.
Applications
Provides an economic approach to gasketing flat surfaces
where unevenness does not exceed 0.10mm and/or
where material thickness constraints occur.
Particularly suited to small thin gaskets such as MIL type
connectors etc. Other thin gaskets can be made in-house
using specialist cutting methods and the material can
also be supplied as continuous sheet for customer’s own
production purposes.

Availability
Can be supplied as
•t Continuous roll, 305mm wide, in 0.5mm and 0.8mm
thickness (see specification).
• tStandard connectors.
•t Bespoke gaskets made to customer’s specification.

Fluorosilicone versions are suitable for applications
where fuels/oils/hydraulic fluids and other contaminants
are present.

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