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Performance Elastomers Corporation serves transportation and automotive markets with organic and silicone rubber meeting a variety of OEM and aftermarket specifications. On this page we wish to review our history and commitment to this market. We also wish to call your attention to our line of grip seal products, which have many automotive and kindred applications.

We "went to school" in this market in the school bus. Our first transportation/automotive customer was a manufacturer of school buses. We provide bumper-to-bumper passenger comfort products in the form of seals for the entry door, windows and escape door.

The window gasket (shown on the left) can be either plain or with flocking.

We also provide mirror trim gaskets (shown below - left). Each school bus uses a variety of mirrors, flat and contour, most of them exterior.

The gasket serves to protect these from vibration and provides a seal against the elements.

Automotive applications can be particularly grueling because of the many factors that can affect the rubber: temperature extremes from sub-zero weather to engine block heat; oxidation/reduction chemistry from salt, ozone, sulfides and NOx; exposure to organics like oil, gasoline, transmission, coolant and brake fluids.

OEM products include:

• Gaskets for gas tank straps. These form a vibration and chemical barrier between the metal strap and the gas tank.

• Sponge tubing to channel and protect cable and wire running from the power supply to the distributor and engine block; and along the undercarriage to rear signals and detectors. (shown below - right)

 

tubing tubing
Automotive aftermarket products can be every bit as exacting as OEM products. We make the weather-stripping for the windows, doors, and trunks of classic cars.
Specifications and standards change. We return to our first area of service. Rollovers in school bus accidents create an escape problem. Exiting via the entry or escape door may not be possible, so the DOT has directed that there be two new escape hatches on the top of the bus.
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Automotive restoration is an emotion-laden business. The window gasket used to restore a ’58 Corvette (shown on the left) must be of the original compound and extruded as near to perfection as possible. This isn’t just about function; this is about love. We have taken the time to convey to our employees the importance of extruding every inch of the 50,000 to 100,000 foot run with an exaction that "stands the test of love".
Performance Elastomers now produces the seals for the manufacturer of these hatches, continuing to ensure passenger comfort.