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UPCOA is an industry leader in manufacturing Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) for medical, high-end electronics and military applications. UPCOA is ISO-9001-2000 certified by TUV registrar. UPCOA offers product design support and pro-actively works with its customer to design the product for manufacturability and cost-effective production. The essence of our enduring relationships with customers is open and honest, people-based service. We offer the latest manufacturing techniques with small company responsiveness.

Our customers enjoy working with us, year after year, project after project.

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Military

Advantages of LIM Silicone Parts for Military/Aerospace

Examples

  • High thermal stability
  • Stability and flexibility at low temperature
  • Stable rubber like properties
  • High stability against ozone and ultraviolet light
  • Outstanding aging behavior
  • Excellent weather resistance
  • Excellent dielectric behavior over a wide temperature range

Eye cups for night vision equipment, seals, switch buttons and gaskets

Silicone is widely used in critical military/aerospace applications because of its flexibility, memory, resistance to temperature swings and biological factors. The benefits of working with UPCOA for LSR applications include:

  • LIM silicone is ideal to manufacture parts which must be extremely flexible, have good memory properties and toughness.
  • UPCOA manufactured silicone parts are tailored to meet specific physical properties and Mil Spec color requirements.
  • Design freedom, including over-molding onto metallic and plastic substrates.
  • One-stop shopping for thermoplastic and silicone injection molding and assembly Customize formulations that offer specific performance characteristics such as static dissipative properties.
  • UPCOA works with local tool makers and material manufacturers to comply with ITAR requirements.



Case study: Sealing Gasket for a Battlefield System’s Electronic Control Unit
A customer asked UPCOA to manufacture precisely dimensioned gaskets to seal a mission-critical electronic control unit. The sealing surface had an irregular three-dimensional shape and three precisely located mounting holes. The gasket had to maintain a secure seal under challenging environmental conditions including vibration and large variations in temperature and humidity.


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