Teflon Gaskets & Sheets

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Teflon^® gaskets comprised of virgin Teflon^®, mechanical Teflon^®, filled Teflon^®, etched Teflon^®, expanded Teflon^® and microcellular Teflon^® can be fabricated, by Sutton-Clark into any sort of custom gasket that your specific application requires.

Teflon

Teflon^® gasket stock can be supplied as sheets, cut gaskets, envelope gaskets, joint sealant and seal tapes.

Teflon^® is used as a custom gasket material because of its ability to remain stable when exposed to many of the chemicals used in industrial applications. The Teflon^® material will not corrode and provide a tight seal to prevent leaks.

Click here to Order Teflon Gaskets Online or Call (800) 848-8311 to talk to a Teflon^® Gasket Specialist about your custom applications.

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Characteristics
Teflon^® gaskets are available in strengths ranging from 200PSI to 1400PSI. Teflon^® material is designed for use in temperatures up to 750 degrees F.

Industrial Applications
Teflon^® gaskets are used in many applications, including lighting, sound and acoustic, electronic, food production, medical, automotive and athletic industries. In most cases, it is classified as a food grade material, allowing it to be used within medical and food production industries.

Porous Teflon^® and PTFE
Highly compressible sponge like material is perfectly suited for gasketing. It seals against smooth, rough, and damaged flanges without adhering. It is ideal for glass-lined systems and flanges. Low friction, nonflammable material resists chemicals and moisture, and is chemically inert. Porous Teflon^® has all of the performance characteristics of PTFE because it is PTFE. Operating temperature is from minus 320 deg. F to 500 deg. F. Melting point is 621 deg. F. Average pore size is 50 microns; 55% voids. Not pressure rated. Compressible PTFE comes in sheets or rolls. Standard sizes are square foot increments, but long rolls are available. Interim slit widths are also available. This material can be etched for bonding.

The gaskets pictured above are a sampling from our larger inventory.

	PTFE	Filled	Filled-Metal Inserted	Expanded
MAX TEMP	500	500	500	500
MAX PSI	800	1200	2500	3000
CREEP %	35-55	11-40	20	30
APPLICATION	Excellent Chemical Resistance	Excellent Chemical Resistance	Excellent Chemical Resistance – 316 SS Perforated Core	Excellent Chemical Resistance – Highly Compressible

Teflon^® is principally used as a gasket material because of it's capability to remain unaffected by the majority of chemicals used in industry. It is also classified, in most cases, as a food grade material, making it acceptable to both medical and food production industries.

Virgin Teflon^® gaskets are by far the least expensive of the three varieties, and are used in most general applications. Filled Teflon^® is a gasket material with a virgin Teflon^® base to which a substance is added during manufacture to improve the sealing characteristics. This "filler" usually is glass or graphite particles although ceramics has sometimes been used. The resulting gasket material is strong, yet highly compressible with very good, though not universal, chemical resistance.

Expanded Teflon^® gaskets are virgin Teflon^® to which a stress resistance has been added by means of molecular rearrangement during manufacture. This process ensures that the molecular chains from which the Teflon^® is constructed, do not arrange themselves into set patterns. This means that expanded Teflon^® gaskets possess no structural weakness (grain) and expand and contract equally in all directions. Because no additives are required, expanded Teflon^® gaskets also possess the unique chemical resistance of virgin Teflon^®.

Call (800) 848-8311 today to discuss your custom gaskets applications with a Sutton-Clark Teflon^® Gasket specialist!