Parker Chomerics SOFT-SHIELD® 4000 series PORON® urethane foam gaskets are wrapped in a fabric-reinforced aluminum foil and are ideal for grounding and low closure force EMI shielding applications. SOFT-SHIELD® 4000 is an extremely versatile product, coming in two different levels of foam softness as well as standard length, cut-to-length, and die cut part configurations. It is supplied with an electrically conductive acrylic adhesive, making it a very simple “Peel and Stick” grounding solution for ungrounded metal components

Features and Benefits:
• 90 dB shielding effectiveness from 10 MHz to 1 GHz
• Low closure force optimum performance
• Low compression set (less than 20%)
• Available in standard lengths, cut-to-length, die-cut and kiss-cut parts on a polyester release film
• Very thin rectangular cross sections available (thickness as small as 0.034 inch)
• Can be fabricated into D-subminiature connector gaskets
• Choice of UL 94 HB or UL 94 V-0 flammability ratings
• No degradation of shielding effectiveness after 10,000 cycles
• Low surface resistivity
• Excellent adhesion to steel and aluminum

Typical Applications:
• Grounding panels
• Backplane I/O panel
• Connector gaskets
• Aluminum and Steel enclosures