A Guide to Conductive Elastomers for EMI Shielding Conductive elastomers are essential materials used in electronic manufacturing to prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) within and surrounding an electronic device. These elastomeric polymers reside within EMI shielding gaskets and are made in a variety of materials, each of which has unique properties and characteristics. Conductive EMI gaskets […]
What are Conductive Elastomer Gaskets? Conductive elastomers easily fill gaps between mating surfaces while blocking environmental challenges such as moisture, dust, chemical exposure, temperature, and more. In doing so, EMI is shielded effectively and the shielding itself is protected from outlying factors, strengthening the device performance, quality, and over a lifetime. What was once a […]
The boom of technology-enhanced the automotive industry just as it did the rest of our lives, but with the capacities that technology enables – in-car Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, and more – came a greater need for EMI shielding. In the automotive industry, with safety being the absolute priority, it became more important than ever that […]
The most widely-used EMI gasket fabrication technique. Compression molding is the most reliable and widely-used technique for crafting EMI shielding gaskets. While other techniques are suitable for low-volume production such as prototyping, the compression molding process is efficient, precise and durable when conducted properly – efficient being the most highly-valued characteristic, as engineers continue to […]
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