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Agriculture

Industries

Farmers face multiple challenges in today’s agriculture environment.

Feeding an expanding global population, confronting extreme operating conditions, and producing more food on fewer acres while at the same time minimizing environmental impact are just some of them.

These forces drive the need for agricultural innovation, such as precision farming, and generate demand for technologically advanced farming equipment. Manufacturers respond in turn with technology, which boosts farm productivity in tandem with a more efficient, cleaner operating machine. During planting and harvesting seasons, any downtime can be costly.

Knowing the capabilities and limitations of a manufacturer’s design is key to ensuring dependability during peak seasonal operations. Surviving extended running time and exposure to contaminants is essential to avoiding downtime. Reliable sealing solutions and designs you can trust are imperative.

Each type of material offers different qualities, properties and characteristics which result in different sealing capabilities whilst able to achieve an IP rating of IP66 and IP67 (Subject to sounds design). Knowing the capabilities and limitations of a manufacturer’s design is key to ensuring dependability during peak seasonal operations.

Each type of material offers different qualities, properties and characteristics which result in different sealing capabilities whilst able to achieve an IP rating of IP66 and IP67 (Subject to sounds design). Knowing the capabilities and limitations of a manufacturer’s design is key to ensuring dependability during peak seasonal operations.

Surviving extended running time and exposure to contaminants is essential to avoiding downtime. Reliable sealing solutions and designs you can trust are imperative.

Each type of material offers different qualities, properties and characteristics which result in different sealing capabilities whilst able to achieve an IP rating of IP66 and IP67 (Subject to sounds design).

Here at CB Frost, we offer a wide material range for your sealings requirements depending on the application:

Seal washers and weather seals. Exceptional resistance to atmospheric ageing, oxygen, UV and ozone. It has good resistance to most water-based chemicals and to vegetable-based hydraulic oils.

High strength chemical resistance, low friction sealing capabilities

A 65 shore Natural rubber (NR)/SBR blended rubber sheeting with a Cotton Insertion for general purpose or gasket use. Suitable for Skirting and flooring applications

High resistance to aliphatic hydrocarbon oils and fuels. Different grades are available including BS2751 grades. High resilience and high wear resistance.

Typically used in resistance to high temperatures, chemicals, oils. Different grades are available including Viton A, Viton B, The Viton A grade is the material of choice for Petrochemical seals and gasket applications in contact with aggressive hydrocarbons and high temperatures, low temperatures or generally extreme conditions.

Specialist Products

Industries

At CB Frost, we supply high performance materials and manufacture specialist products for a wide range of major industries, including Rail, Construction, Solar, Agriculture, Lighting, Military, Automotive, EV/HEV and HVAC

Rail

EN45545-2 compliant high performance products for the modern rail industry

Construction

Building foams and sponge materials to meet the stringent requirements of construction

Solar

Effective sealing materials for the energy and solar sector

Agriculture

Sealing solutions to drive agricultural innovation and increase efficiency during peak seasons

Lighting

Effective sealing materials to prevent seepage of dust and moisture into lighting components

Military

Specialist products to high specifications for MoD Land and Naval systems

Automotive

Sponge and rubber gaskets and mouldings to meet the specifications of the Automotive industry

Enclosures

High quality sealing gaskets for enclosures to prevent dust and moisture penetration

HVAC

HVAC insulation seals to provide excellent sound insulation, temperature resistance and durability

EV/HEV

Anti-vibration and thermal solutions for high performance of EV/HEV batteries