In late 2023, Saint-Gobain Tape Solutions introduced a new product family to its extensive bonding, protection, and insulation portfolio. The Norgard range includes three product lines: Polyimide (PI) films, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films, and silicone-coated fabrics.
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Versatility of Norgard Products in Aerospace and Other Applications
The portfolio offers product lines that serve different needs. These include products that provide protection barriers, insulation, non-stick release, dielectric control, and friction control and are well-suited for aerospace applications and other market areas.
PTFE films allow unmatched electrical performance for demanding cable builds in the military and aerospace industries. They are commonly used in wire and cable, offer insulation and dielectric control, and provide protection barriers, like in Zn-air battery cells. They can regulate the airflow to the cathode, guarantee correct battery function, and protect manufacturing belts throughout process manufacturing.
PI films are suitable for dielectric control or as a protection barrier and utilized as release liners in aerospace composite molding. Other applications include insulating down-hole pump power cables or solid Li-ion battery packs in electric vehicles. They can also insulate mag-wires in medical MRI machines.
Silicone-coated fabrics are typically used as a protection barrier, formulated specifically to meet various conductivity values, and work as heat sinks in electronic applications. Saint-Gobain Tape Solutions can formulate and develop specific products to meet unique requirements.
Tape Solutions Norgard PTFE Films are manufactured to the highest quality standards and formulated to maximize common PTFE properties. They are often utilized as gasketing materials to stop undesirable leakage while protecting design integrity.
They are also used as belt edging to exploit processing belt life spans and release liners to guarantee complete release in coating processes, which leads to process optimizations and cost reductions. Norgard PTFE Films serves industries such as medical, industrial, military, aerospace, and green energy solutions, among others.
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Norgard PTFE Film Products in Aerospace Applications
PTFE films’ physical properties make them unique. No other product currently on the market provides the same benefits, features, chemical structure, or capabilities.
Norgard products have several uses and applications within the aerospace industry, two of which include:
- Improving jet engine performance: In mission-critical turbine gasketing, products like Zitex® Microporous PTFE Films prevent fluid from leaking across a boundary. They are bondable, low-friction, and abradable, helping engines perform at their best.
- Ensuring wire and cable performance in electricals: Norgard PTFE Films are commonly used in wiring and cabling. Tape Solutions develops high-quality products that offer superior electrical performance for cable builds used in aerospace, military, and other applications requiring high-performance cables. Norgard PTFE products are specially designed to minimize signal loss and maximum propagation velocity.
Serving Unique Needs in Demanding Applications
The Norgard product line offers durability and versatility in various applications. Norgard Films are essential within challenging applications like aerospace because of their superior strength, customizability, and conformability.
The Norgard team has access to global resources and testing capabilities and can customize its products to meet customer expectations, even in demanding applications.
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