What’s this? Colourised fashion accessories?

Well, they do look great, but no. Introducing our brand new range of Flame Retardant Anti-Vibration U-bolts

These U-bolts have a D-shaped rubber sleeve which is also grooved. Designed to absorb vibration. But the rubber is a bit special:

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– Reduce or eliminate noise and fatigue due to vibration of pipework against the supporting structure

– Prevention of galvanic corrosion due to the contact of dissimilar metals in the presence of an electrolyte

– Prevention of wear and / or crushing of composite, thin wall or non-ferrous pipework

– Flame Retardant rubber

Product: Extrusions, Seals & Sheeting

Material: Silicone Rubber

Material Analysis

Material Grade: railway Grade Silicone 80sh

Postcured for minimum 4 hours at 200C

Property Tested	Specification Range	Nominal Result
Shore A	75-85	80
Tensile N/mm²	8.5 – 13	10.0
Elongation %	300-600	420
Tear B N/mm	18 – 30	26
Specific Gravity	1.2 – 1.3	1.22
Standard Grade Min / Max constant working temperature		-40 / +200 C
BS6853 Specification (historical data, no testing is conducted against individual batches)
Smoke Density m2/g	0.005	BS6853 Pass
Flammability Temperature Index C	352	BS6853 Pass
Toxic Flame Emission R	0.12	BS6853 Pass
Dielectric Properties
Dielectric Strength (2 mm thickness), KV/mm approx		24
Dielectric Constant at 1Mhz Approx		2.9
Dissipation factor at 1 MKz approx		1.2 10 _-3
Transversal Resistivity 0hm.cm approx		3.7 10 ₁₆
Strike-over voltage KV Approx		48