Aerospace Diaphragm
The diaphragm below was produced recently, our customer said,
“For a manufacturer of aerospace environmental and ecological control systems, Metflex produces a highly critical valve diaphragm manufactured from FDA compliant nitrile rubber, reinforced with their proprietary disbursed fibre technology (DFT). The fibre reinforcement ensures stability and consistent functional performance over the required range of temperature and pressure conditions, whilst providing greater sensitivity and improved sealing performance than typically possible with alternative fabric reinforced materials. The application also requires very tight dimensional tolerances, with thickness being controlled to less than the ISO 3302-1 Class M1 allowance. The diaphragm is suitable for use in aqueous environments and is unaffected by normal cleaning, disinfectant, and deodorant products. It also functions reliably after repeated freeze-thaw cycles such as may be encountered in aircraft operation.”

Group of Aerospace Diaphragms Metflex Manufacture
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Capabilities
- Precision Rubber Components including Rubber Aerospace Diaphragms
- Rubber to metal bonding
- Large block mouldings of up to 30Kg shot weight
- Ultra-thin section parts including diaphragms from 0.15mm thick
- Coated fabrics, fibre insertion and fibre dispersion technologies
Our material and technical capabilities are matched by our in-house and overseas manufacturing facilities, which include injection, compression and transfer and flashless/waste less moulding capabilities. In addition we also extrude, form and cut rubber to our customers’ requirements.
The product is a diaphragm and the compound is a DFT nitrile material.
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