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Sleeving
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Add high-temperature performance,
Dielectric strength,
Flame retardant properties.

Fabricate insulating sleeving with proven Silastic® silicone elastomers for insulating sleeving that lasts longer, performs better in demanding applications. Add high-temperature performance, dielectric strength, and flame retardancy.


Fabricate electrical insulating sleeving that lasts longer, performs better

Coat your textile- or fiber-glass-reinforced insulating sleeving and high-temperature sleeving with proven Silastic® brand silicone elastomers from Dow Corning.

Silastic silicone elastomers bond well to your braid and offer a unique combination of benefits organic elastomers cannot match, including:

  • Dielectric strength above 20 kV/mm
  • Resistance to high temperatures, moisture, and chemicals
  • All-temperature flexibility coupled with good resilience
  • The ability to be tailored to your flammability rating requirements

Consequently, electrical insulating sleeving or high-temperature sleeving fabricated with Silastic silicone elastomers lasts longer and performs better in demanding applications and challenging operating environments:

  • Automotive safety and electrical systems
  • Industrial equipment and fabricating machinery
  • Heat-generating appliances
  • High-voltage transformers


Increase the value of your insulating sleeving and high-temperature sleeving


 
  • Improve flame retardancy.
  • Protect wiring from heat, moisture and corrosion.
 
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  • Resist cracking in the cold and degradation at high temperatures (common problems with organic rubber sleeving).
  • Stand up to extreme temperature shifts [from -100 to 400ºC (-148 to 750ºF)] in emergency situations.
 
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  • Improve manufacturing efficiency.
  • Increase your sleeving's ability to bend, expand, conform, and fit.
  • Give it the flexibility to wind more easily onto and off the reel.
 
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Meet a wide range of global industry specifications and performance tests

Let us tailor one of our proven silicone elastomers to help you meet your electrical insulating sleeving specifications.

  • High-temperature resistance
  • Flammability rating
  • Flame retardancy
  • Low smoke, low toxicity
  • Low-temperature flexibility
  • Chemical and corrosion resistance
  • Moisture resistance
  • Mechanical properties

Ask an expert which silicone elastomer is right for your insulating sleeving or high-temperature sleeving application.

Tell us what you need.

Learn more about your custom compounding and technical support options.

 

Solve supply problems, improve customer satisfaction

With global manufacturing capacity and local customer support, Dow Corning can provide you with exactly the materials you need, exactly where you need them.

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