Viton® Rubber Sheeting - White Food Quality

Viton® Rubber Sheeting - White Food Quality  

White food quality Viton® rubber sheeting (FKM) is a high specification fluoroelastomer providing a wide range of properties and benefits. It displays excellent or outstanding resistance to many chemicals and substances, including: animal fats, food oils, petroleum and most acids. This, along with it's high upper operating temperature and food contact appovals, makes it particularly suitable for applications in food, drink and pharmaceutical manufacture where elevated temperatures are present.

Other available grades of Viton® include blue food quality for food production lines with colour scanning equipment, and standard black Viton® for non food contact applications.

White food quality Viton® rubber sheeting can be supplied by the roll, cut to profiles or gaskets using in-house CNC technology, or butt-joined and bonded into rubber sleeves

Key Features

  • Shore Hardness: 65° ± 5°.
  • Temperature: -30°C up to +275°C.
  • Approved for food contact applications.
  • Provides excellent resistance to ozone, acids and solvents.
  • Outstanding resistance to animal fats and food oils.
  • Popular option in the food and drink industries.

Standards

  • Conforms to (EC) No 1935/2004 regulation for articles intended to come into contact with food.
  • The component parts used and maximum levels in compound mixtures are in accordance with FDA part 177, section 177.2600, rubber articles intended for repeated use with food.
  • This material is fully CE, PAH, RoHS and REACH compliant.

Availability

Product Code Roll Length (mtrs) Roll Width (mtrs) Thickness (mm)
VITW-1.2M-1 10 1.2 1
VITW-1.2M-1.5 10 1.2 1.5
VITW-1.2M-2 10 1.2 2
VITW-1.2M-3 10 1.2 3
VITW-1.2M-5 10 1.2 5
VITW-1.2M-6 10 1.2 6
Technical Specification
Application Performance
Ozone Excellent
Dilute Acids & Bases Excellent
Concentrated Acids & Bases Excellent
Oils Very Good
Solvents Very Good

Please note that the above table is intended as a guide only. For more information regarding the compatibility of Viton® rubber sheet with specific chemicals please see our chemical resistance chart.

Viton® is a registered trademark of The Chemours Company.