Fills the space between two objects, generally to prevent
leakage between the two objects while under compression. Gasket
material saves money by allowing less precise mating surfaces on
machine parts which can use gasket fill irregularities. Gaskets
are commonly produced by cutting from sheet gasket materials,
such as gasket paper (beater addition), Non-asbestos, Rubber,
EPDM, Nitrile, Buna, Neoprene, Flexible Graphite, Grafoil,
Aflas, Kalrez, Viton, Silicone, Metal, Mica, Felt or a plastic
polymer such as PTFE, Peek, Urethane, or Ethylene Propylene
(EP). In the past, the gasket material selected for specific
applications may contain have contained Today's sealing products
manufacturer's in the United States no longer produce or offer
any asbestos containing products. Gasket materials containing
asbestos have been claimed to have caused Asbestosis. Of course
it would take the grinding of gasket material to release the
fibers and then the breathing in of those fibers....possible but
in the real world this wou