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Whitepapers & Technical Papers
Types of Fluoroelastomer Seals for Pump Users: Explained
Aggressive pumping environments can be problematic for pump engineers. This paper investigates the latest developments in fluoroelastomer technology.
Electrostatic Discharge in Semiconductor
Technological progress within the semiconductor industry brings with it greater yield sensitivity with the desire to reduce costs a constant driver. How well defects are controlled throughout an increasingly automated manufacturing process plays a critical role.
Killer Consumables: How clean are your seals?
In semiconductor manufacturing the threat of particle and especially metallic contamination to transistor integrity is a significant and potentially costly threat.
Purity or Plasma Resistance - Can you have both?
A study of tests carried out on different elastomer materials in aggressive chemistries and plasma conditions.
Videos
This video introduces HyClamp, PPE's range of high performance hygienic gasket seals - specifically developed for food, beverage and pharmaceutical process lines.
A summary of the products and services available to the oil and gas industry from Precision Polymer Engineering.
Go behind the scenes at PPE to find how O-rings are manufactured. From the initial stages of elastomer characterization, through all the molding and finishing stages, to the final inspection and packaging steps.
A behind-the-scenes look at how high performance O-rings, used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, are made at Precision Polymer Engineering.
Brochures
Sealing Solutions for Food, Pharma & Life-Science
An overview of the products and services available from PPE for the food, pharma and life-science industries.
NES337 Naval Brochure
A guide to MOD approved materials for O-rings used on ships and submarines.
Sealing Solutions for Semiconductor Applications
An overview of the products and services available from PPE for the semiconductor industry.
Webinars
This webinar looks at the different material test procedures for the most commonly used industry certification standards such as FDA, USP, 3A and WRAS. It shows how each of the standards include different levels of certification.
This presentation looks at the importance of compression set, how and why it is measured, and some of the key issues with the test method. It also discusses Compressive Stress Relaxation (CSR), and some of the implications for seal users.
Learn how PPE’s new high temperature perfluoroelastomer range, Perlast® Helios, offers excellent sealing properties at high temperatures without trading off any of the material’s key properties.
Material datasheets are often referred to when considering and comparing elastomer sealing materials, but how useful are they?