Medical and Pharmaceutical
Seals and gaskets for medical and pharmaceutical equipment
A medical seal is bought against a test report, not a material name, and the report belongs to a specific compound. Conquest Seal supplies O-rings and waterjet-cut gaskets on compounds that carry the testing your device or process needs, with the documentation. Tell us the standard your program is working to and we quote the compounds the makers have tested to it. Send the part number or the drawing with the quantity and a Conquest representative replies with the quote.
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- Standards
- ISO 10993-5 and -10 on named compounds; NSF/ANSI 61, KTW, WRAS where the assembly touches drinking water
- Typical seals
- O-rings, waterjet-cut gaskets, custom molded parts to print
- Materials
- Silicone, peroxide-cured EPDM (-57 C to 150 C continuous; Parker® E3609-70 sheet, read 2026-08-13), FKM, PTFE sheet
- Quality
- Certificate of conformance naming the part number, the specification, the manufacturer, the lot, the quantity and the manufacturer's cure date, with test documentation where the program requires it.
The hard part of a medical seal order is rarely the size. It is proving the compound has been tested for the contact it will have, and keeping that proof with the lot.
Materials by duty
Steam sterilization, water systems, aggressive process chemistry and simple fluid transfer each point at a different compound, and the compounds with published test reports are a shorter list than the material families suggest. Ask for the tested grade rather than the family, so the quote names the compound that carries the report.
What ships with the part
A certificate of conformance naming the part number, the specification, the manufacturer, the lot, the quantity and the manufacturer's cure date, and the manufacturer test documentation where the program requires it. The shelf-life guide covers the cure date the certificate carries.
Gaskets and machined parts
Flat gaskets are cut to your drawing on our own waterjet, and seats, bushings and spacers are machined to print from PTFE, PEEK and other resins by the shops we source from. Foam gaskets for device housings, cushions and pads are cut from silicone and urethane foams in the grades their makers have tested; see medical foam gaskets. See also gaskets, machined plastic parts and machined PTFE parts.
What we supply
Product lines for medical and pharmaceutical
O-rings
The part most people mean by a seal. We stock every AS568 size.
Gaskets
Seals the joint between two flat faces, cut to your drawing on our own waterjet in Orange, California, with no tooling.
Custom molded rubber
Parts no catalog carries, made to your drawing by the molders we source from, by compression, transfer or injection molding.
Machined plastic parts
Seats, back-up rings and bushings in PTFE, PEEK, UHMW and nylon, machined to your print by the shops we source from, where rubber would extrude or wear.
Materials
What comes up on medical and pharmaceutical prints
- Silicone O-Rings
- The usual starting point, with tested grades available.
- EPDM O-Rings
- Steam sterilization and water systems. Never oils.
- FFKM O-Rings
- Aggressive process chemistry and repeated sterilization.
- PTFE O-Rings
- Chemical inertness where an elastomer would be attacked.
The compound named on your print governs. Send it with the part number and we quote that compound.
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Related guides
Orders are handled under Conquest Seal's AS9100D quality management system, whose certificate scope includes distribution.
What to send us
The part number or the drawing, the quantity, and the standard the program needs. Say whether the part is sterilized and how, because repeated sterilization is usually harder on a compound than the process itself. Quotes answered within one business day. A person answers (714) 632-9830, Pacific business hours.
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