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Kalrez

DuPont Brand
Supplier:  DuPont
Products:  26

DuPont Kalrez® and Vespel® Center of Excellence

When sealing matters, choose DuPont Kalrez® and Vespel® products. DuPont™ Kalrez® and Vespel® work with customers to bring state of the art technology to solve customers’ toughest application challenges.

Kalrez® Sealing Technologies

From aerospace and chemical processing to chip manufacturing and oil and gas applications, DuPont™ Kalrez® elastomers are engineered to provide more stability, more resistance, and more effective sealing. Period.

DuPont Kalrez® and Vespel®

Perfluoroelastomer parts have been the sealing material of choice for long-term reliable sealing in the harshest chemical environments. Today, elastomeric seals are expected to perform in a variety of even more aggressive chemicals and at higher temperatures. 

Kalrez® 0090 parts for Rapid Gas Decompression

DuPont scientists developed Kalrez® 0090 perfluoroelastomer parts for outstanding resistance to repeated rapid gas decompression. 

Brand Summary

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Identification

Chemical Family
Fluoropolymers
Fillers Included
Carbon Black
Polymer Name
Perfluoroelastomer (FFKM)
Technologies
Elastomers
Product Families
Parts & Shapes

Applications & Uses

Markets
Automotive & Transportation,Building & Construction,Consumer Goods,Electrical & Electronics,Food & Nutrition,Healthcare & Pharma,Industrial
Applications
Appliances & Electronics
Automotive
Cooling & Climate,Fuel Systems,Other Automotive Applications,Powertrain & UTH
Building Materials
Pipes & Plumbing
Chemical & Industrial Manufacturing
Equipment & Parts,Other Industrial Applications,Tooling & Moldmaking
Devices & Assemblies
Industrial Automation,Other Devices & Assemblies
Medical
Medical Devices & Assemblies,Other Medical Applications
Oil, Gas & Mining
Exploration & Upstream,Other Oil, Gas & Mining Applications
Other Consumer Goods Applications
Packaging & Assembly
Other Packaging & Assembly Applications
Parts & Components
Connectors,Other Parts & Components,Photovoltaic Components,Semiconductor Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Processing
Processing & Packaging
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
Sports & Recreation
Transportation
Aerospace & Aviation
Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
Aerospace Applications,Aircraft Applications,Ball Valves,Electric Submersible Pump,Electrical Connectors,Flanges,General Purpose,Hot Glue Delivery Nozzle,Industrial Applications,Logging While Drilling Tools,Measurement While Drilling Tools,Molds/Dies/Tools,O Rings,Oil/Gas Applications,Pump Parts,Pumps,Semiconductor Applications,Valve Parts,Valves

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Features and Benefits

Kalrez® elastomers for specialty sealing are engineered to resist more than 1,800 chemicals while offering high temperature stability. Advantages of Kalrez® include:

  • Resists over 1,800 different chemicals
  • High temperature stability up to 327°C
  • Maintains seal integrity
  • Reduces maintenance and operating costs
  • Long seal life
  • Meets safety standards for pharmaceutical and food processing
  • Available in standard and specialty compounds formulated for custom use
Kalrez® FFKM Applications
  • Seals and o-rings in pumps, reactors and flange joints
  • Valve stem packing systems
  • High-performance parts for aerospace, oil and gas equipment, transportation, and chemical processing
  • Life science applications
  • Semiconductor processing
  • Photovoltaic manufacturing seals
  • Food contact materials
Kalrez® FFKM Parts Chemical Resistance

Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) parts withstand attack from over 1,800 chemicals, solvents and plasmas. While exhibiting excellent chemical compatibility, the Kalrez® product line delivers outstanding performance in aggressive process environments. Whether it’s resistance to acids, amines, plasma, ultrapure de-ionized water or strong bases, by selecting the Kalrez® product that is best suited to a specific application, manufacturers can improve seal performance in their operating environment. Kalrez® parts are available in a number of different compounds that are formulated to optimize properties and give the best possible performance in various chemicals and temperatures.

Fluoroelastomer O-ring (left) and Kalrez® O-ring (right). The Kalrez® O-ring exhibits less volume swell in trisolvent test

Chemical Resistance Chart

Case Studies

Extending Lifetime of Critical Seals in HDPCVD Processes

As the semiconductor industry continues to invest in 300 mm wafer fabrication, the spotlight is on process improvement and the greater demands this technology makes on process equipment. In HDPCVD processes elastomer sealing materials can be a weak link because of the need for seal replacement during preventive maintenance (PM) procedures.

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Kalrez® Parts in Natural Gas Sampling Systems and Delivery

Transporting natural gas from well to consumer is a delivery challenge faced by industrialized nations throughout the world. In the United States alone, well over 270,000 miles of above- and below-ground pipelines are dedicated to delivering gas to the millions of households and commercial businesses that rely on natural gas for heat and energy.

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Kalrez® Spectrum™ 7275 Double Seal Life in Chlorine Dioxide Service

Chlorine dioxide is a strong oxidizing gas that finds many uses as bleaching agent and disinfectant, being a more effective and safer biocide than other sources of chlorine. Most of the production of chlorine dioxide is used at paper mills for pulp bleaching.

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