Form-in-place (FIP) gaskets have been part of the mainstream enclosure industry for many years but the cost and physical size of robotic application has been a major constraint for SMEs – until now. Intertronics has focused on bench-top robotics and matched compliant gasket materials to provide low cost equipment to suit boxes or housings from 200mm x 150mm, including junction boxes, terminal boxes, control boxes, electronic housings, small mechanical gearboxes and so on. They have significantly cut entry cost to around £4,000 on the smallest – with larger equipment running right up to 800mm x 600mm machines.
The equipment comprises an I&J Fisnar bench-top robot, RTV silicones from ACC Silicones and light-curing gasket materials from DYMAX. Complex 2D and 3D gasket shapes can be dispensed at high speed and with 100% repeatable accuracy.