WEATHERSEAL HAVING A CONTACT LAYER WITH THERMOPLASTIC PARTICLES IN A THERMOSET CARRIER

摘要

A weatherseal (20) for repeatedly and releasably contacting a panel to provide a weather resistant seal therebetween. The weatherseal (20) includes a substrate (40) having a contact layer (60) on the portion of the substrate (40) that contacts the panel. The contact layer (60) includes a multitude of surface treated ultra high molecular weight olefinic particles (62), such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, in a thermoset material (64) such as cross-linkable urethane, wherein some of the embedded particles (62) define the area of contact between the weatherseal (20) and the panel.