Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) will showcase electrically conductive O-rings and extrusions at The Battery Show North America from October 8 to 10, 2024. Visit SSP in Booth #1334 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan and find EMI shielding for battery enclosures and charging stations. SSP’s products combine proven performance with cost-effective options for prototyping and production.
At the Battery Show, SSP will be represented by Dominic Testo, Business Development Manager; Gary Falchi, Business Development Specialist; and Taylor Smith, Research Development Chemist. The SSP Team invites you to visit them in Booth #1334 and to contact us if you’d like to schedule a meeting.
EMI O-Rings
EMI O-rings can be molded in a single piece or cut and bonded from extrusions. Molded O-rings reduce the risk of EMI leakage, but molding requires tooling that costs more and takes longer to machine. SSP can supply you with molded EMI O-rings if you need them, but we also offer bonded O-rings that are made with tooling that’s faster and less expensive to produce.
The process that SSP uses supports larger parts, including bonded O-rings for battery enclosures. We have an in-house toolroom and make our own EMI elastomers, including lower-cost nickel-filled options. Because silver is a precious metal, silver-filled elastomers are subject to price volatility that could result in cost overruns during battery projects.
Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) who source bonded EMI O-rings from SSP can install our products on-site and avoid third-party form-in-place (FIP) gaskets that introduce risk. When OEMs ship battery enclosures to subcontractors, dispensed gaskets or the enclosures can be damaged. In addition, because battery enclosures are heavy, the shipping costs are high.
EMI Extrusions
SSP can also extrude custom shapes and profiles for battery enclosures and charging station enclosures that lack grooves for EMI O-rings. Our extruded shapes and profiles are available with a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) and can accommodate doors and other flat surfaces. Options include extruded mushrooms and extruded D-shapes.
In addition to solid and hollow Ds, EMI extrusions come in hollow tubes, solid cords, and solid rectangles. Whether you need standard or custom products, SSP offers EMI extrusions with cost effective nickel-aluminum (where galvanic corrosion is a concern) and nickel-graphite fills. SSP can also supply elastomers that meet UL 94 V-0 requirements, including offsets to discontinued GORE GS2100 and GS2500 EMI shielding.
Are you headed to The Battery Show in Detroit next week? Visit SSP in Booth #1334 and contact us if you’d like to schedule a meeting. If you can’t make North America’s largest expo and conference for battery manufacturing, you can still learn more about SSP’s solutions by downloading our free white paper, EMI Shielding for Electric Vehicles.
