SOFT-SHIELD® 5000 Series Conductive Jacket over Foam continued Low Closure Force EMI Gaskets
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TECHNICAL BULLETIN Conductive elastomers Knitted wire mesi Low closure force, foam core EMI gaskets Օ Conductive coatings, sealants, adhesves 172 Cable shielding products Օ EMI/ESD shiel ielded vents and windo LEADER IN EMI SHIELDING INNOVATION, DESIGN, AND TEST TECHNOLOGY SOFT-SHIELD® 5000 Sries Conductive Jacket over Foam Low Closure Force EMI Gaskets Seab DESCRIPTION SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Sries EMI gaskets are designed to meet the stringent shielding and mechanical performance requirements of today's commercial electronic enclosures, medical electronics, factory automation equipment, reprographics and grounding applications. A growing number of standard profiles and sizes provide flexibility when selecting a gasket for a specific applica驭tion. Custom profiles or sizes can also be produced. Each SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Series gasket consists of an electri-cally conductive fabric jacket over a highly compressible urethane foam core. The nickel-plated, woven nylon rip-stop jacket is self-terminating when cut. Chosen for its excellent compressibility, the foam core typically requires less than 1 lb/in (0.175 N/mm) closure force, making it especially useful for thin-walled plastic enclosures. Standard pressure-sensitive adhesive attachment tape (PSA) makes SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Series gaskets a user-friendly and cost-effective design solution. Every profile in the SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Series can be provided in a General Duty version or a UL 94V-0 rated version, as needed, with no difference in performance. FEATURES Choice of General Duty or UL 94V-0 rated versions Օ Typically require <1 lb/in (0.175 N/mm) closure force - 5 times lower than other gaskets >90 dB attenuation from 20 MHz to 10 GHz Օ Asymmetrical profiles, as well as "C", "V", "P", "D" shapes No performance degradation after 10,000 compression cycles Օ Wide release liner for easy removal Kiss-cut parts on release sheets for easy "peel-and-stick" grounding applications Օ Self-terminating jacket - no sharp edges Tested to Bellcore GR-64-Core Airborne Contaminants requirements Օ Custom lengths, custom profiles BENEFITS Cost-effective Օ Alternative to BeCu fingerstock Pick and place installation Օ Technical application support Global distributor/fabricator network Օ Application-ready custom parts (die-cut, spliced, etc.) With an extensive choice of profiles and sizes, SOFT-SHIELD Gaskets are supplied as strips or kiss-cut parts on film release backers, or individual pre-cut pieces. Pressure-sensitive adhesive is standard. Single-piece picture frame gaskets also can be fabricated from continuous lengths, incorporating integral pre-cut notches for fasteners. (See page 2.) CONFIGURATIONS Gaskets are supplied in standard 8-foot lengths or cut-to-length strips. Depending on the profile, gasketing can also be supplied on spools. For rapid peel-and-stick grounding applications, the material is supplied as kiss-cut parts on polyester film release backers, or as individual pieces. Chomerics also fabricates single-piece, spliced picture frame gaskets from continuous lengths. With their fully jacketed surfaces, these gaskets are ideally suited for low closure force applications that require 360° EMI shielding, or the ease of installing a one-piece gasket (see next page). Chomerics' Applications Engineering department welcomes the opportunity to provide assistance with design and prototype fabrication of SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Series EMI Gaskets in custom profiles. continued

SOFT-SHIELD® 5000 Series Conductive Jacket over Foam EMI Gaskets continued 2 Typical Application-Ready Solutions Conditions and Requirements • minimize thru-resistance for optimum grounding • maximum 0.25 x 0.25 inch footprint • accommodate 0.040 inch variation in gap • snap-in plastic cover with 2 lb max. load at 50% gasket deflection • high volume application Mobile phone grounding SOFT-SHIELD Gasket Solution • highly conductive jacket offers low resistance • standard 6 x 6 mm profile, no customization required • meets low closure force requirements • kiss-cut parts on release paper allow...

ORDERING INFORMATION Referring to Tables 2-9, use the part number shown here to order SOFT-SHIELD 5000 Sries gasketing. _8_2 - A B C - X X X X X - Y Y Y Y Y Dsign驢tes Gasket profile (see below) Length in inches x 100 SOFT-SHIELD 5000 EMI gaskets |-1-1 ex., 09600 = 8 ft. (std) A B C Jacket Type PSA Tape Backing Gasket Service Rating 1 Nickel-plated nylon rip-stop fabric 1 No PSA tape 1 General duty (urethane foam core) 2 Other (to be assigned) 2 PSA tape 2 UL 94V-0 rating* RECTANGULAR PROFILES TABLE 2 T H 1 RECTANGULAR STRIPS Profile Number Height inches (mm) Width inches (mm) 74039 0.020...

74009 T H ■W- TABLE 6 P-STRIPS Profile Number Height inches (mm) Width inches (mm) 74009 0.130 (3.30) 0.520 (13.20) 20 30 Deflection (%) ACTUAL SIZE PROFILE 74009 74010 ASTRAGEL PROFILE TABLE 7 H 0 5 15 25 35 45 Deflection (%) ASTRAGEL STRIPS Profile Number Height inches (mm) Width inches (mm) 74010 0.675 (17.5) 0.580 (14.73) 55 65 75 ACTUAL SIZE PROFILE L 74010 74042 TRIANGULAR PROFILE 0 TABLE 8 TRIANGULAR STRIPS Profile Number Height inches (mm) Width inches (mm) 74042 0.790 (20.00) 0.904 (23.00) 2030 Deflection (%) ACTUAL SIZE PROFILE 74042 NOTE: Compression/deflection curves are...

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