Established in 1974 by Peter Bealch and George Hayman Adpol was originally predominantly extruding Neoprene, with a couple of silicone lines and a single press. By 1979 Adpol had outgrown its original site and moved to current premises at Hambridge Road Trading Estate. The booming 70’s UK manufacturing sectors of Aerospace, communications, electronics and defence were well served by Adpol bringing healthy growth into the 90’s.
Read MoreSilicrumb FR passes smoke and toxicity tests for Aerospace cabins public transport and mass transit.
Silicrumb FR ( C and S grades) already meet vertical burn self extinguishing standards and so can now be used for Aerospace, rail and mass transit applications as colour matched mouldings and extrusions to help these sectors reduce Co2 emissions with full certification.
Further details below, please contact us to discuss how we can work with you to introduce this ground-breaking grade of Recycled Silicone rubber into your manufacturing processes, or sales portfolio.
Silicrumb® has won the 2023 Innovate UK award for green innovative technology!
After 2 years development Adpol is proud to launch Silicrumb, what we believe to be the first commercially available recycled silicone rubber option for extruded, moulded and cut gaskets:
Effects of Covid Pandemic on lead times and Prices, proud to be a British Manufacturer, and new appointments at Adpol ….. read all about it here……
As part of a feature on British Manufacturers Adpol was recently interviewed by the Manufacturing and Engineering magazine. We are proud of our manufacturing heritage, and what we produce here, exporting globally for decades.
Please read the article below and for the full edition and to subscribe for future editions please visit www.memuk.org
Adpol can offer seals in rubber and sponge that meet EN 45545 for mass transit. These can be extruded profile seals or cut flat gaskets in different colours
Adpol can manufacture custom seals and gaskets designed to operate as low as -100°C for medical applications, and low temperature storage of medicines or vaccines using specialist silicone grades.
Extruded or moulded products, soft or hard and tailored precisely to what the customer needs we make a great partner to develop seals in this area.
During the height of the pandemic adpol extrusion lines were working hard to produce Kilometres of tubing for urgent production of Ventilators working as part of the Ventilator Challenge UK Consortium.
Working on a 48hr production lead time, and short staffed the production team did a fantastic job, and it was nice to be recognised for our efforts recently with the certificate below.
To us what really stands out is that we still have a quality and professional manufacturing core in the UK that can achieve great things, and do not need to be dependent on anyone.
Lets support our Great British Manufacturing base and local businesses generally, especially during these tough times.
When resistance to any type of fuel or oil is required selecting the correct rubber is essential to ensure breakdown and inevitable failure of the tube or seal is avoided.
Nitrile Rubber offers the best resistance to Petrol or Gasoline, and Fluorosilicone or Viton (FKM) is also very good.
The same is also true for Diesel, with a possible leaning to FKM/Viton offering the best resistance.
Generally speaking if you stick with these three rubber types as starters you will not go far wrong, but a compatibility table should always be consulted and if possible trials conducted before a final decision reached.
Adpol can extrude and mould in all these rubber types, working with compounders to develop unique formula mixes should that be required. We are very happy to help you solve your sealing or fluid transfer requirements, please just ask.
