State of the Art Coatings for Superior Industrial Seals

coatings applications Cooper Standard ISG delivers world-class coatings expertise to our partners, with in-house competencies in both chemical and mechanical engineering. Coating a seal for your application not only ensures a longer service life, but it also takes your product to the next level by enhancing properties such as abrasion resistance, weatherability, and more. Our coatings are made of high-performance, elastomeric material that are cured right onto the sealing material in the extrusion process, giving you confidence that it won't fail in your application.

At Cooper Standard, we work with you as an extension of your team to help you design and develop the most effective sealing solutions from scratch, while also solving opportunities and challenges for whatever your application demands. In addition, we can analyze and develop coatings to improve the effectiveness of any current sealing solution.

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Benefits of Cooper Standard ISG Coatings

Our coatings process offers long-lasting protection and a range of benefits to enhance your seal’s capabilities.

Faster Assembly

A precision slip coat application instantly lowers the coefficient of friction. Precision treated seals can easily slide or press into place during manual installation, speeding up assembly, lowering production costs and providing ergonomic benefits to personnel.

Smoother Operation

Protection Against Abrasion and Shear

Cooper Standard engineers are masters at extruding soft sponge materials for optimum compression set performance. However, soft materials can be inherently susceptible to the dangers of shear and abrasion, especially in applications demanding frequent multiple cycles such as windows and doors. Expertly specified and applied coatings can protect seals from wear under any condition—and do so more effectively than plastic wrapping or other solutions.

Superior Weatherability and Protection

Coatings help keep outdoor seals such as trailer skirts and tonneau covers from freezing and tearing in frigid conditions. Coatings also help protect against the relentless effects of UV rays, ozone degradation, wet/dry cycles and more in outdoor applications.

Quieter Operation

Utilizing our coatings capability not only make components work together more smoothly, but also reduce buzz, squeak and rattle. For example, coatings applied to a seal on a window in heavy duty construction equipment or fast moving boat help protect against the impact of vibration and suppress noise in use.

Long-Term Part Aesthetics

Applying coatings to your seal application will help maintain part aesthetics over time. The right coating application will help create a consistent, long-lasting shiny or matte finish, protect against the elements and maintain color fastness and other aesthetic properties over time.

Higher Performance and Component Life

Coatings help create operating conditions with less abrasion, lower shear, less friction and superior weather protection. This adds up to less wear and tear on parts, longer component life and higher operating cycles in applications of all kinds.

Computer Simulation and In-House Labs

Cooper Standard’s expertise with CAD/CAE tools such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with both 2D and 3D computerized modeling allows our partnership to prove out the efficacy of coated sealing solutions without the need and expense of creating a physical prototype.

In addition, we offer a wide variety of testing and validation equipment right inhouse for even faster and more cost-effective design and development.

Related Technologies to Meet Specific Challenges

Through leveraging advanced technologies, as well as a team of experts, we provide a range of comprehensive solutions that are tailored to meet diverse sealing requirements with utmost precision. These include:

Dual-Durometer Seals

Seals combined with two or more materials are known to provide ease of assembly and deliver optimum compression, deflection, and other performance properties. See more about our custom extrusion solutions.

Coatings and Capstocks

Seals are skillfully prepared with specialty surface treatments before shipping to further build-in properties for ease of assembly and additional protection against the elements, wear and abrasion.

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Cooper Standard ISG serves industry partners in just about every corner of the world. With long-term partnerships in Saudi Arabia, India, Singapore, Dubai and other major international manufacturing centers, you can be assured that we can provide proven quality and logistical support wherever the operations of our multinational or overseas partners are located. Contact us today to get started, and check out our resources below!

Understanding Compression Tests

Optimum performance of a seal depends on many variables. Compression Set & Compression Deflection Tests are two important factors.

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Sealing Design Guide

Improve your new or existing seal or gasket design by selecting the proper polymer materials and processes.

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Optimize Seal Performance with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Using FEA Capability improves gasket design, performance and speed to market.

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