Enclosure seals
Perimeter seals for sealed housings.
Electronics-grade manufacturing · Ingress protection seals
Ingress protection seals.
Outdoor sensors, washdown controls and portable devices all need to keep water and dust out. The seal usually decides whether they do.
The detail
Designing for the real environment
Ingress tests are a snapshot. Real products see temperature cycling, UV, cleaning chemicals, and years of being opened and closed. A seal that passes on day one needs to keep passing.
We pick grades for weather and chemical resistance, design sections that recover after compression, and test samples through cycling where the application needs it.
Where it fits
Typical IP seals
Button boots
Flexible boots sealing push buttons and switches.
Cable entry seals
Grommets and glands sealing cable entries.
How we run it
How we approach it
Environment review
Water, dust, UV, chemicals and temperature.
Seal design
Section and grade for long-term recovery.
Trial fits
Samples fitted and tested with your housings.
Batch consistency
Hardness and dimensions checked per batch.
To quote it
To quote it
Housing and seal location
CAD preferred.
Target protection level
And how it's tested.
Environment
Outdoor, washdown, immersion.
Volume
Per year.
At a glance
The idea in a picture.
From drawing to delivered parts
- 01Drawing or sampleYour part and where it is used
- 02Material and routeCompound and process agreed
- 03PrototypeReal parts to test
- 04Sign-offYou approve the samples
- 05Production toolBuilt for your volumes
- 06Batches and checksInspected and delivered
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Questions
What people usually ask.
What if our product has already failed an ingress test?
Send us the housing and seal. Diagnosing a failed seal is something we do regularly.
Is silicone the best material for outdoor seals?
Silicone and EPDM are both excellent outdoors. Silicone handles wider temperatures; EPDM is often more economical.
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Get in touch
Tell us the part, the volume, and the timeline.
Rough annual volume, target unit price, and any deadlines. That's enough to work out whether compression, LSR injection or something else is the right tool.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Products, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
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