Products: Twinstrip Knitted Meshes | KC Series

General Information

Twinstrip is a combination of knitted or cored mesh gasket with a non-conductive environmental seal. The wire mesh types used are Monel, Aluminium, TCS and Stainless Steel and the permutations of wire and elastomer combinations are almost endless providing a wide range of environmental, water, dust and pressure seals.

KC materials can be supplied as gaskets, in strip form or as pre-cut kits, ready bagged and labeled to suit specific enclosures. Limit stops and collars can be fitted to prevent over-compression or the distortion of mating surfaces.

Applications

Twinstrips are used on enclosure doors and covers where an environmental or high IP rated seal is needed in addition to an EMI gasket. The materials provide the shielding levels of knitted mesh combined with the environmental protection of sponge, tubular or solid rubbers. For hazardous situations, such as the presence of hydrocarbon contamination, Flurosilicone or other chemical resistant elastomers can be used.

Most Twinstrips have a a pressure sensitive adhesive backing with release tape, enabling the gaskets to be quickly and easily fixed in postion. The adhesive also helps unmounted gaskets to retain their shape during production and storage and allows the gaskets to be mounted onto any flat surface without the need for a groove or channel to hold it in place.

For many applications, particularly where the gasket is fitted inside a rack or enclosure, pre-cut and mitred adhesive backed lengths of Twinstrip can be supplied to your specification, offering a fast and effective solution with considerable cost, packaging and space savings.