Silicone Sleeve
Silicone Sleeve, also known as silicone Bushing, silicone Sleeve Bearing, silicone Bumper, silicone Grommet, silicone Washer, etc, which is also called Insulator, Wrapper, Holder, Cover, etc. Silicone Sleeve is mainly used in engineering mechanical industry, auto industry, electrical installation and plumbing services, like valve, shaft, air suspension system, wire, pipe tube and so on. Besides, Silicone sleeve is also designed as a protective sheath for glass bottle, cup, etc.
Sleeve usually adopts different materials based on various appliances, including metal materials and nonmetal materials, like bronze, steel, brass, rubber ( NR, EPDM, MVQ, HNBR, FKM ) solid or liquid silicone, plastic, polyurethane, Prothane, nylon, PU, PVC, PTFE, etc. Generally, nonmetal material is more popular in wide usages for high temperature resistance, skid resistance, abrasion resistance , tear resistance, oil proof, anti-collision , anti-corrosion, etc.
Silicone Sleeve application in engineering mechanical industry
Silicone Sleeves are designed as a tubular part to protect a piece of machinery, also known as tube sleeve made from some elastomeric materials, mainly play three important roles in mechanical industry:
(1) Silicone Sleeves, also called damper, can protect the parts from vibration and noise during machine operating. Moreover, sleeve is anti-abrasive and wear resistance, it can replace the mechanical parts to bearing abrasion through muffling the components, which benefits the long service life of machine. After sleeve wore out, we just need replace the connected part, not the whole component, which ensures the machine’s precision because the second processing can’t guarantee the hole center location.
(2)Silicone Sleeve serve as a fastener. The shaft is widely used in mechanical industry, and the bearing requires a sleeve so that the shaft will fit closely.
(3)Silicone Sleeve are also used as an adapter,which is forced or shrunk into a cylindrical bore to reduce the diameter of the bore, to line it with a different material, or to connected two tubes with different sizes.
Silicone Sleeve application in auto industry
Siliocne Sleeve is also known as bushing. Car bushing and suspension bushing are often applied in car system, such as, the gear stick with a manual transmission and inline internal combustion engines. The use of bushing is good for reducing the noise, vibration and vehicle’s stable handling.
Silicone Sleeve application in electrical installation and plumbing services
Silicone Sleeve made of silicone rubber materials and plastic, is equipped with good insulation and sealing, aging resistance, anti-abrasion, etc. Thus, the insulating tubing sleeve is usually used to fit over wires or related components against electric shock. Sleeve also is designed as the outer surface to prevent oil, oxidation and damaging easily, by wrapping the water plumb, drain pipe, oil pipe and so on.
Silicone Sleeve application in bottle & cup
Silicone Sleeve, avoiding double-cupping, are commonly utilized in our daily life, such as, coffee cup, beverage bottle, water bottle, baby bottle, etc. They are typically designed be roughly cylindrical that fit tightly over handle-less bottles and cups.
Most sleeve are most made of 100% FDA approved food grade silicone materials, BPA -free, non-toxic, shockproof, breakage-proof, anti-skid, heat resistance, etc. Therefore sleeve provide insulation for hot and cold liquids, especially, hot coffee and baby bottle, so that the sleeve help insulate drinker's hands from hot cup and bottle and prevent breakage & leakage. Besides, sleeve protect baby feeding-bottle from breakage for the kids could hardly hold the bottle steady with their little hands.
Sleeves can be customized by having logos (Screen Printing / Embossed / Debossed, etc) or brands directly on the sleeves. Therefore Sleeves also are commonly used as souvenirs in great event and exhibition, and as promotion gifts in business activities. For example, many souvenirs will be given out for free in fund-raising many fund-raising activities, charity activities and sports meeting. Many coffee shops, fast food restaurants and other vendors have custom sleeves for promoting and advertising.