Product category:
Gaskets, Seals and Screens
News Release from: Chomerics Europe | Subject: Soft-Shield 5500
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 September 2001
Soft gaskets seal delicate enclosures
from EMI
New from Chomerics is the Soft-Shield 5500 family of continuous-length EMI gaskets, which provide a low-cost solution for enclosure shielding or low-impedance grounding applications.
New from Chomerics is the Soft-Shield 5500 family of continuous-length EMI gaskets, which are designed to provide a low-cost solution for enclosure shielding or low-impedance grounding applications Consisting of a urethane foam core with an aluminium foil-fabric jacket and pressure-sensitive adhesive backing, Soft-Shield 5500 gaskets require a low closure force of less than 0.175N/mm, making them particularly suitable for use on thin-walled plastic enclosures
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The gaskets have no sharp edges and do not produce any loose conductive fibres.
Soft-Shield 5500 EMI gaskets offer shielding effectiveness of greater than 70dB over the frequency range 50MHz to 10GHz.
Applied gaskets have a minimum adhesive peel strength of 0.7N/mm.
Their operating temperature range is -40 to +70C.
Available in a wide variety of profiles and sizes, Soft-Shield 5500 gaskets can be supplied in standard 2.43m lengths, cut-to-length strips or as individual stick-on buttons for grounding applications.
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