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Precured Gel - Pads and Parts


Dow Corning® brand Connector Sealant Pads and Sealant Strips provide sealing and corrosion protection for indoor and outdoor equipment, including connectors and electrical components. The line of connector sealant pads is designed primarily for sealing the individual pins, wires and contacts within connectors.  Sealant strips are intended for sealing and protection uses other than connector pins, such as alternatives to wet-dispensed coatings, pottants and adhesives in protecting electronic equipment or providing low-pressure gasket seals.

The pads and strips are cold-applied, like conventional tapes and grommets or gaskets, yet they have sealing capabilities similar to high-performance potting compounds and are superior in conformability to traditional elastomeric gaskets. The materials are unique among high-performance sealing materials because of their ease of use and ability to conform, coat and self-heal, yet still be easily re-entered.

If you need a material:

Consider products:

For sealing pins within connectors

That are designated as “sealant pads”; a firmer gel in the middle layer of the pad offers easier handling, while a softer gel enables better sealing and lower insertion forces

For other sealing tasks as alternatives to conformal coatings, pottants and adhesives

Designated as “sealant strips”

To use as a low-pressure gasket

Designated as “sealant strips”

With easier handling characteristics

With drier surfaces such as sealant pads

With added abrasion resistance to the nonsealing surface

That are Teflon™ backed

Cut to custom shapes

Designated as “sealant strips,” except for those unbacked on both sides

For use when there are potential fire hazards

With flame resistance properties

With added adhesion

That are tacky on at least one side

With a nontacky rubber backing on one side

Such as GT-1020

With low compression values

Such as GT-1030, which uses an open-cell foam backing on one side

For wraparound protection

Such as GT-1000 with both sides tacky

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