Rubber materials overview

ERIKS materials overview and compound development

Rubber materials or elastomers used in sealing applications are often described as rubber compounds; meaning that they are a mixture of ingredients manufactured under specific conditions.

A compound typically comprises a polymer (often referred to as the ‘’material), cross-link or curing system, fillers and other ingredients used to achieve specific manufacturing-, application- or cost requirements.

Different circumstances demand various compound properties. That is why so many compounds have already been developed for a wide variety of industries, such as chemical industry, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, drinking water, gas distribution, semiconductor, flue gas, hydrogen, etc.

On our material pages you will find a selection of standard compounds for different industries and different products with several approvals and compliances.

In case you cannot find the compound that suits your requirements, please fill in the contact form at the bottom.

Compound development

At ERIKS Sealing & Polymer, we also develop custom rubber compounds. We have a full equipped and ISO17025 certified rubber compound development and testing laboratory in Deventer, The Netherlands.

And in different locations in Europe (Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany) we can develop and produce prototype end-products.

Sealing & polymer terms, abbreviations, and trade names 

Chemical Term

Abbreviation

Trade Names

Chemical Term

Acrylonitrile Butadiene 

Abbreviation

NBR 

Trade Names

Chemigum®, Nipol®, Krynac®, Paracril®, Perbunan N®, and BunaN ® 

Chemical Term

Highly Saturated Nitrile 

Abbreviation

HNBR 

Trade Names

Therban®, Zetpol® 

Chemical Term

Fluorocarbon 

Abbreviation

FKM, FEPM 

Trade Names

Dyneon®, Viton®, Aflas®, and Fluorel®

Chemical Term

Ethylene Propylene 

Abbreviation

EP, EPDM, EPT, and EPR 

Trade Names

Nordel®, Royalene® Vistalon®, Buna EP®, and Keltan® 

Chemical Term

Silicone

Abbreviation

VMQ, PMQ, and PVMQ 

Trade Names

Silastic®, SILPLUS®, Elastosil, and Wacker®

Chemical Term

Perfluoroelastomer 

Abbreviation

FFKM

Trade Names

Kalrez®

Ask Our Specialists

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General contact ERIKS Group Head Office

Location

ERIKS NV
Mariaplaats 21
3511 LK Utrecht
The Netherlands

Find your local ERIKS contact

Post address

ERIKS NV
P.O. Box 19108
3501 DC Utrecht
The Netherlands

E info@eriks.com

Chamber of Commerce

37 01 32 89

VAT Number
NL003.076.490.B02