Types of rubber used in rubber washers
- Neoprene
- Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR)
- Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPM, EPDM)
- Silicone Rubber (SiR)
- Nitrile Rubber (NBR)
- Fluoroelastomers (FKM)/Viton
Features of Rubber Washers
- Innate flexibility
- Pliability
- Conformability
- Most rubber grades are as thin as 0.016" to 0.250" thickness
- It is also measured in terms of hardness (durometer) as soft as 30 and as hard as 90 duro
- Materials are also available as continuous rolls or cut-to-size