Material
Silicone (VMQ)
Silicone offers the widest usable temperature range of any common elastomer and is available in FDA- and USP Class VI-compliant grades. It is a static-sealing material — mechanical strength and dynamic wear resistance are comparatively low.
Silicone (VMQ) O-rings in a range of sizes.
Silicone O-rings, food- and medical-grade compounds.
Applications
Where it's used
Food and beverage processing, medical and pharmaceutical devices, electrical/electronic enclosures, static seals across wide temperature swings.
Available as
O-rings & products in this material
AS568 O-Rings
AS568 (Aerospace Size Standard 568) defines the inch-based dash-numbered O-ring sizes used as the de-facto glo…
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Metric O-rings are specified by inside diameter and cross-section in millimetres and are the default on Europe…
View details →ISO 3601 O-Rings
ISO 3601-1 defines metric O-ring dimensions and tolerance classes (Class A/B) and ISO 3601-2 defines gland dim…
View details →Custom O-Rings
Where a standard AS568, metric or ISO 3601 size does not fit the application, FITCO produces custom O-rings to…
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