Dam Gate Seals
Rubber Concept is renowned manufacturer and supplier of various types of Rubber Dam Gate Seals in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. These rubber seals are being used in various Irrigation as well as Hydropower projects since many years. Dam gate seals are designed to either retain water, prevent water penetration, or limit contaminated run off in civil engineering applications. The inherent elasticity and resilience of Rubber Concept dam gate seals allow it to retain its sealing effectiveness in situations where there are fluctuating movements caused by water pressure, traffic, subsidence or seismic movement.
Quality of Rubber Concept dam gate seals are very well accepted by various Gate Designers, Fabricators as well as Contractors, and been installed by Government and Private agencies. We have supplied numerous dam gate seals for number of dams across India and abroad, for various types of Gate designs such as following and many more.
Dam Gate Designs Types:
- Radial Gates
- Under Sluice Gates
- Automatic Tilting Gates
- Desilting Service Gates
- Stop Log Gates
- Spill Way Gates
- HR Gates
- Vertical Lift Gates
- Swing Gates
- Bulk Head Gates
- Draft Tube Gates
Depending on the head pressure, gate designers design gates and based on the design of gates, seals are selected.
- Musical Note seal: Also known as P-type seal or J- type or single stem seal. Generally used in low head gates, can be available with solid as well as hollow bulb. PTFE (Teflon) cladding available
- Double Stem seal: Generally used in high head gates, PTFE (Teflon) cladding available
- Z-type rubber seal: Used in Radial gates, PTFE (Teflon) cladding available
- Flat Seal: Used as bottom seal, wedge or radius options available
- Special design seal: customized rubber seals
- Dam gate seal Corners: factory moulded or fabricated options available
Compounds, based on following elastomers, are used for the manufacturing of Rubber Dam Gate Seals:
- Natural Rubber (As per IS: 11855 / IS: 15466)
- EPDM Rubber
- PolyChloroprene Rubber / Neoprene Rubber
Rubber Concept produces Dam gate seal by Moulding method, Quality of which is better than extruded seals. Pressurized curing during moulding ensures close dimensional control, superior physical properties, compact microstructures, thus improved durability and functionality.