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News Release from: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics | Subject: OmniFlex
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 April 2003
Fluoroelastomer offers low-temperature
performance
Leading performance plastics group Saint-Gobain has launched a new proprietary material, OmniFlex.
Leading performance plastics group, Saint-Gobain has launched a new proprietary material, OmniFlex Developed by the group's High Performance Seals Division, OmniFlex is a fluoroelastomer material with performance equivalent to perfluorelastomer materials in chemical resistance and inertness, yet with a softer durometer and improved compression set
OmniFlex's outstanding low temperature performance down to -57C outperforms any other elastomer currently available.
The maximum temperature is limited to 218C.
Applications for the new material include: O-rings in low temperature ranges; low-friction hydraulic seals; low temperature and harsh chemical conditions; analytical equipment; paint applications; and semiconductor wafer processing.
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