Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company Limited

Dow Corning Toray Silicones, Ltd.

Hideo Shinmi

Tsugio Nozoe

Wataru Nishiumi

Osamu Takuman

Manabu Suto

Hiroshi Akitomo

An adhesive for silicone rubber, comprising at least the following: A 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having an average of two or more alkenyl groups per molecule; B an organopolysiloxane having an average of two or more silicon bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule, used in an amount such that the molar ratio of silicon bonded hydrogen atoms in component B to alkenyl groups in component A at which the molar ratio of the silicon bonded hydrogen atoms in this component to the alkenyl groups in component A is from 0.01 to 20 (i.e. from 1:100 to 20:1); C from 5 to 200 parts by weight of calcium carbonate powder with a BET specific surface area of from 5 to 50 m g; and D a platinum-based catalyst, used in an amount capable of inducing curing in the present composition.

Adhesive for silicone rubber

A method for fabricating foam gaskets is characterized in that during the separate transport and subsequent mixing in an enclosed chamber of the base and curing agent portions of a two part foamable and curable organosiloxane composition an inert gas is injected in the amount of from 1 to 50 mL per 100 g of the total curable organosiloxane composition. The gas is injected into either the base portion, the curing agent or during or immediately after mixing of the two portions, and the resultant foamable composition is then extruded from a nozzle onto the seal region of the substrate and cured while foaming.

Method for fabricating foam gaskets

In accordance with the present method for preparing an elastomeric silicone foam, an inert gas is injected under superatmospheric pressure during or after the merging of a silanol-containing organopolysiloxane that is liquid at room temperature an organohydrogenpolysiloxane that is liquid at room temperature, and hydrosilation catalyst, the merging step is followed by mechanical mixing in an enclosed chamber, at which time the mixture is ejected into the atmosphere. Completion of cure with simultaneous evolution of hydrogen occur under atmospheric pressure with the reactive ingredients and the inert gas all present in a homogeneously microdispersed/mixed state. The present method stabilizes the cells formed by the hydrogen and makes possible the development of a large quantity of cells of uniform size and uniform distribution, resulting in a high-expansion ratio foam.

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Chiba, Japan

Hideo Shinmi