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Covison® Lighting Sealing Solutions
At Saint-Gobain Sealing Solutions , we understand the challenges of your applications. With experience in seal design, manufacturing and product development and as your trustworthy partner we are able to provide high performance solutions for all your project demands and needs.
High Durability, Temperature Resistance Silicone Seals Cover Your Challenges
With more than 40 years of experience in this sector, we are aware of your technical and performance expectation. In fact, our custom sealing solutions will meet your goals in terms of compression set, watertightness, high and low temperatures, UV and ozone resistance.
Resistance to a high range of temperatures and extreme weather conditions, such as snow or rain is the preeminent qualification for the use of silicone in lighting sealing applications. With expertise in both silicone foam and solid silicone, Saint-Gobain is able to deliver on all your business's needs.
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Lighting Seals Standards - IP Tests and IK Ratings
Committed to Quality : Saint-Gobain lighting seal designs are tested externally by our clients to pass the specific industry standards, including IP and IK tests.Click here to download a brochure
- Ingress Protection (IP rating): IP65 and IP66 Meaning the highest protection to dust-tight and a powerful jet of water.
- Impact Protection rating (IK rating): IK07, IK08, IK09 and IK10 Meaning very high protection from external mechanical impacts.
As evidenced by our high IP and IK rating results, you can be sure we offer a variety of superior, quality products for your business needs and requirements.
The Lighting Seal Expert
Silicone is recognized for its advanced mechanical performance under critical environments. Our Covison® silicone seals provide the most durable result thanks to the combination of our design, expertise, and formulation knowledge.
Why Saint-Gobain Sealing Solutions
Silicone is a polymer that is combined with hydrogen and carbon. It is used in several industries and applications do to its excellent mechanical properties and performances in harsh environments, such as those with high-temperature variations, high pressures, and humid atmospheres.
General Properties of Silicone:
- Excellent temperature resistance and environment resistance including: ozone, UV radiation, snow and many more
- Light and energy Saving
- Non-reactive
- Flame retardant
- Sterile
- Great compression set
- Good tensile strength
- Great abrasion resistance
- Excellent elongation at break and tear resistance
- Low density
- Electrical insulator
- Good friction
- Fluid resistance
- Temperature resistance
- UV resistance
- Ozone resistance
- Ageing
- Great mechanical properties
- High durability
- Non-toxicity
- Two plants EN9001 approved (France and Germany)
- Engineers to drive your projects through to the end
- Extensive project management experience, capacity to be very reactive for smaller projects
- Fast time to market with responsiveness & prototyping
- Multiple hardnesses and colors available
- Various processes to better fit your needs: extrusion, molding, length, coils, rings
- Several finishing options available
- Advanced design techniques
- Customized for your critical applications
- IP/IK tests compliance
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Your Global Partner
Our extensive production capabilities include a wide range of silicone seals products and service locations. With industrial footprints across France and Germany, Saint-Gobain Sealing Solutions provides excellent and timely service and technical support anywhere in Europe as well as extrusion, compression molding, injection molding or reinforced sealing products.
We utilize innovative processes such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to anticipate seal behavior and detect potential problems before they occur. We are not only a global seal manufacturer, but your partner in providing the ready to use and peace of mind sealing solutions.
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