Coating capabilities
Rubber, urethane and other polymers are used to provide optimized coating properties for a substrate. Rubber-coated textiles offer a variety of unique physical properties to meet demanding performance requirements. Urethane or polyurethane (PU) is known, in particular, for its excellent tear strength, adhesion to fabrics, and air holding capabilities. We help you every step of the way to find the right substrate coating for your engineered fabric.
Selected coatings
A wide variety of coatings are available, and a wide range of unique physical properties as well as chemical, fluid, and temperature resistances are possible. The below chart presents only the very general features of the most common elastomer compounds, please contact us to see how we can match your unique needs.
| Common Name(s) | Composition | General Properties | General Chemical Resistance |
Abrasion resistance | Compression Set | Elongation | Flame resistance | Gas permeability |
Low temperature flexibility | Tear resistance |
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ACM, AEM |
Acrylic, Ethylene acrylic |
Excellent resistance to high temperature, oil and air, ozone, and weathering. Poor low temperature properties. |
Ozone, extreme pressure, lubricants, hot oils, petroleum solvents, animal and vegetable fats. |
Water, alcohols, glycols, alkali, esters, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons, phenol. |
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| AU, EU |
Urethane |
Good aging and excellent abrasion, tear, and solvent resistance. Poor high temperature properties. |
Ozone, hydrocarbons, moderate chemicals, fats, oils, greases. |
Concentrated acids & alkali, ketones, esters, hot water & steam, chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons.. |
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| BR |
Butadiene |
Excellent abrasion resistance and low temperature properties. High resilience. Poor weatering resistance. |
Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alkali, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes. |
Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, fuels, greases, most hydrocarbons. |
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| CPE |
Chlorinated- polyethylene |
Excellent ozone and weathering resistance; good heat resistance. Moderate resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Moderate chemicals and strong acids, ozone, oils, fats, greases and solvents. |
Inorganic acids, aldehydes, amines, esters, ketones, steam, halogenated-, aromatic- and nitro hydrocarbons. |
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| CR |
Chloroprene |
Good Weathering Resistance. Flame resistant. Moderate resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Moderate chemicals and acids, ozone, oils, fats, greases and solvents. | Concentrated oxidizing acids, aldehydes, esters, ketones, halogenated-, aromatic- and nitro hydrocarbons. | ••• | •• | ••• | ••• | ••• | ••• | •• | |
| CSM |
Chlorosulfonated polyethylene |
Excellent ozone, weathering, and acid resistance. Good abrasion and heat resistance. Fair resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Moderate chemicals and strong acids, ozone, oils, fats, greases and solvents. |
Concentrated oxidizing acids, aldehydes, esters, ketones, halogenated-, aromatic- and nitro hydrocarbons. |
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| ECO |
Epichlorohydrin |
Excellent oil and ozone resistance. Good flame resistance and low permeability to gases. Fair low temperature properties. |
Many hydrocarbons, fats, oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, chemicals, acids and alkali. Ozone resistant. |
Ketones, esters, aldehydes, chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons. |
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| EPDM |
Ethylene-propylene Terpolymers |
Excellent ozone, chemical, and aging resistance. Poor resistance to petroleum-based fluids. | Ozone, weathering, steam/water, animal and vegetable oils. Strong and oxidizing chemicals like acids, alkohols, ketones, esters, aldehyder and silicone oils. |
Petroleum based fuels and oils, mineral oils and solvents, halogenated hydrocarbons and solvents and aromatic hydrocarbons. |
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| EVM |
Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate |
Excellent ozone and high temperature properties. Flame resistant. |
Moderate chemicals and acids, ozone, oils, fats, greases and solvents. |
Concentrated oxidizing acids, aldehydes, esters, ketones, halogenated-, aromatic- and nitro hydrocarbons. |
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| FKM, FEPM, FFKM |
Fluoro-elastomers |
Excellent oil and air resistance both at low and high temperatures. Very good chemical resistance. |
All aliphatic, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons, acids, animal and vegetable oils. |
Ketones, low molecular weight esters and nitro containing compounds. |
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| FMQ |
Fluoro-silicone |
Excellent high and low temperature properties. Oil and fuel resistant. Weather and ozone. Taste retention. Poor in abrasion and tear. |
Moderate or oxidizing chemicals, many hydrocarbons, ozone, aromatic chlorinated solvents, bases. |
Brake fluids, amines, esters and ketones. |
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| HNBR |
Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene |
Excellent resistance to high temperature, oil and petroleum-based fluids, ozone, and weathering. Good physical properties. |
Aromatic and non aromatic petroleum products, hydrocarbons, fats, oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, chemicals, alcohols, weathering and ozone. | Ketones, esters, ethers, aldehydes, halogenated- solvents and hydrocarbons. |
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| IIR |
Butyl |
Low permeability to air. Very good weathering resistance. Excellent dielectric properties. Poor resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Acids, alkalies, ketones and esters. Animal and vegetable fats, oils, greases, ozone, weather and water/steam, strong and oxidizing chemicals. |
Petroleum, solvents, coal tar solvents, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. |
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| IR |
Isoprene, synthetic |
Excellent physical properties including abrasion and low temperature resistance. Poor resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes. |
Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, greases, most hydrocarbons. |
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| NBR |
Acrylonitrile-butadiene |
Excellent resistance to petroleum-based fluids. Good physical properties. |
Many hydrocarbons, fats, oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, chemicals. |
Ozone (except PVC blends), ketones, esters, aldehydes, chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons. |
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| NR |
Isoprene, natural |
Excellent physical properties including abrasion and low temperature resistance. Poor resistance to petroleum-based fluids.. |
Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes. |
Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, greases, most hydrocarbons. |
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| Q |
Silicone |
Excellent high and low temperature properties. Weather and ozone. Taste retention. Poor in abrasion and tear. |
Moderate or oxidizing chemicals, ozone, concentrated sodium hydroxide. |
Many solvents, oils, concentrated acids, dilute sodium hydroxide. |
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| SBR |
Styrene-butadiene |
Good physical properties and abrasion resistance. Poor resistance to petroleum-based fluids. |
Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes. |
Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, greases, most hydrocarbons. |
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•••• = Excellent
••• = Good
•• = Fair
• = Poor
Excellent, good, fair and poor are intended to serve as general guidelines only. Actual testing in the application environment is always recommended.
Rubber
Trelleborg has developed a diversified line of cured and uncured rubber coated fabrics and unsupported gums. We can apply rubber compound coatings to a wide variety of textile substrates. Trelleborg offers a wide range of proven rubber coated products as well as opportunities to utilize our in-house development teams and processing capabilities to develop coatings for specialized applications.
Urethane
Trelleborg has built up an extensive portfolio of custom formulations to accelerate performance in critical applications. We can apply urethane coating to common fabrics, such as nylon and polyester, as well as specialized fabrics such as Kevlar® and Nomex®. Our urethane processing capabilities also include film lamination and fabric-to-fabric lamination. Urethane-coated fabrics are used extensively in highly demanding applications. Trelleborg is the leading supplier of urethane-coated material used in the fabrication of aircraft evacuation slides.
Creating optimized coatings
Our experts will help you find the optimum coating for your application requirements, using a proven formulation or a unique customized coating developed by our in-house development team. We also custom gauge to your product specification:
Supported coated fabrics - 0.10-10 mm on each side
Unsupported rubber sheeting - 0.10-16 mm
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