GORE^® SKYFLEX^® Aerospace Materials for Design & Manufacturing

Aviation sealants can significantly impact aircraft functionality, operational performance, maintainability over time, and overall costs. For instance, traditional two-component materials tend to weaken and break down from vibration, corrosion, wide temperatures, fluids, UV radiation and other environmental hazards. At Gore, we manufacture dry sealants for all types of aircraft and helicopters that have been proven more reliable.

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials effectively seal panels and protect surfaces from these mechanical forces and harsh environments that can severely damage aircraft structures. Unlike traditional two-component materials, our tapes and gaskets are lightweight and don’t require any cure time, which reduces installation steps and simplifies the process.

Why use an aircraft sealant that is time-consuming, labor-intensive, delays production and maintenance schedules, and costs more money overall? Optimize your civil or military aircraft production using Gore’s materials that provide reliable surface and sealing protection, increase availability and throughput, and reduce lifecycle costs.

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are available in a variety of form-in-place (FIP) tapes and die-cut gaskets in various sizes. They’re approved for use on multiple aircraft and often used in place of FIP wet seals. We invite you to start with the overview below to see what we offer for commercial and defense aircraft applications.

Then, download our data sheet for more technical information, like widths, thicknesses, gap-filling compensation ranges, operating temperatures, materials comparison and more.

If you have any questions or need help selecting the right series of aviation tape or aviation gasket sealant for your specific application, contact a Gore representative today.

Compare GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials against other dry tapes and wet sealants to better understand how each sealant performs in specific environments.

We also invite you to read our article on improving aircraft availability with alternative FIP sealants.

For more information about the unique characteristics and properties of our materials, contact a Gore representative today.

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are engineered with unique features that make them more durable against challenging environmental factors and aircraft conditions, including:

• chemically inert, non-hazardous materials
• temperature- and abrasion-resistant materials
• Dry, lightweight and highly conformable materials
• Available in a variety of material sets, forms and sizes

Our materials provide design engineers and manufacturers with many benefits that simplify aircraft assembly, increase availability and throughput, and reduce lifecycle costs such as:

• reliable and predictable sealing and surface protection and gap filling
• proven resistance against vibration, abrasion, corrosion, chemicals, fuels, fluids, wide temperatures and more
• support manufacturing design goals with easier, faster installation
• fewer process steps from dry materials without any cure time
• reduced lifecycle costs with reusable seals
• low environmental impact and improved safety

For more information about the features and benefits of our materials, contact a Gore representative today.

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are thoroughly tested to meet strict industry standards and approved for use on multiple civil and military aircraft. They’re routinely specified by leading aircraft OEMs because of their proven reliable performance for more than 20 years in a variety of fixed-wing and rotorcraft applications, like:

• Access panels (wing, fuel, LE/TE & dry bay) 
• Floorboards (cargo & passenger area) 
• Structure (cargo & passenger area) 
• Engine cowlings 
• External fuel tanks 
• Fairings 
• Fuel bladder cavities 
• Helicopter tail boom covers 
• Wing D-Nose 
• Lighting assemblies
   

If you have any questions or to discuss your specific application needs, contact a Gore representative today.

GORE SKYFLEX Aerospace Materials are non-hazardous, which means improved safety for the environment and operators. Our tapes and gaskets comply with global environmental regulations set forth by the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Before using our tapes and gaskets in your civil or military aircraft application, carefully review our recommended standard practices below to reduce exposure to decomposition by-products.

• Series 100 & 110 Tapes
• Series 200 Tapes & Gaskets
• Series 500 Gaskets
• Series 520 Gaskets
• Series 700 Tapes & Gaskets
• Series 720 Tapes & Gaskets
• Series 730 Tapes & Gaskets
• Series 1600 Tape & Gaskets

If you have any questions about safety information while using our materials in your specific application, contact a Gore representative today.

Watch this video on YouTube to learn why OEMs are eliminating liquid sealants that require curing for the speed and ease of our dry tapes and gaskets.

For more than 30 years, our materials have reliably protected commercial and defense aircraft structures, which is why leading OEMs continue to specify them. They’re approved for use on multiple aircraft and offered in an assortment of dry, lightweight FIP tapes and die-cut gaskets in various sizes to accommodate many applications.

For more information, contact a Gore representative today, who will work closely with you to help evaluate the parameters of your specific application and recommend the appropriate tape or gasket series. If you’re ready to order our materials, contact an authorized distributor today.