Phenyl silicone rubber: A versatile material in the maritime field that enhances navigation safety
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Ships operate in complex marine environments, demanding strict requirements for the material's weather resistance, sealing performance, and stability. Phenolic silicone rubber, with its unique molecular structure advantages, has become an ideal material in ship manufacturing and maintenance, and is widely used in several key areas.
In the ship sealing system, phenolic silicone rubber is the core material for making cabin seals and pipe interface gaskets. The marine environment has high salt fog, strong corrosion, and extreme temperature changes. However, phenolic silicone rubber has outstanding resistance to salt fog erosion and anti-aging properties, maintaining good elasticity within the -60°C to 200°C range. It can effectively prevent seawater and moisture from penetrating the cabin or pipes, avoiding equipment rusting and the risk of water ingress in the cabin, ensuring the reliability of ship sealing.
The vibration and noise reduction of the ship's power system also cannot do without phenolic silicone rubber. Its excellent elasticity and damping properties can be used to make vibration pads for engines and propellers, absorbing the vibrations generated by the power device, reducing the loss of the ship's structure due to vibration, and simultaneously reducing noise transmission, improving the comfort of the crew's working environment, and also meeting the noise reduction requirements of ships.
In addition, phenolic silicone rubber is also used as insulation protection sleeves for ship electrical equipment. It has good electrical insulation performance and can resist the erosion of moisture and salt fog in the marine environment on electrical components, preventing short-circuit faults, ensuring the stable operation of critical electrical systems such as navigation and communication.
As the ship industry moves towards high-performance and long-life directions, the application prospects of phenolic silicone rubber in the ship field will further expand, providing a solid support for the safety of ship navigation.