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Fully Certified Technical Materials

Military applications require some of the highest performing materials and with complete traceability, from the time of manufacture of raw materials to meet the exacting test requirements of the material specifications.

We offer a Certificate of Conformance with RoHs and REACH compliance for every product sold. For most Military applications we supply First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR’s).

This determines the main critical characteristics of the material chosen for the application and the first item from the tool is tested to make sure it meets the specified criteria.

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The Highest Performing Materials

The Highest Performing Materials

Military applications range from weaponry, to vehicles including those with Lithium Ion Batteries.

Some the most common applications that require advanced technical materials include; Motor Drives, Power supplies, Man-Machine interfacing, and charging systems, as well as many others.

There is often a need for small quantities, Materials Direct not having a minimum order quantity lending itself to supply fast turnaround and parts, not requiring hard tooling, with full traceability.

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Supplying the World’s Best Known Military Customers

Supplying the World’s Best Known Military Customers

Materials Direct supplies some of the world’s best-known Military Customers such as Boeing, BAE Systems, QinetiQ, and many more.

Whilst all of the Materials Direct products are relevant to this far-reaching sector, most applications involve some of the highest performing materials such as T-Pad6500 High Thermal conductivity, Electrical insulation materials, and Kapton MT+.

At Materials Direct we provide custom materials to meet a wide range of requirements, delivering properties such as high strength, thermal insulation, and more. Engineers are able to source the exact properties needed and have them manufactured in as little as 24 hours.

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Thermal Interface Materials

Electronics used in military applications are becoming increasingly smaller, more powerful, and more complex.

Thermal Interface materials allow design engineers to create better designs with more complete thermal management, starting at the device level.

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Tapes & Adhesives

Tapes and adhesives can be used in a variety of applications including installation, repair, insulating, reinforcement, bonding, chemical and paint masking, and erosion protection.

At Materials Direct we offer high-performing tapes and adhesives with additional properties just as electrical insulation and thermal management.

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Sealing Gaskets

We offer a wide range of sealing gasket materials, custom-cut to meet a wide range of applications.

Seals and sealing gaskets play an essential role in the protection of assemblies to improve longevity and performance.

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LED Optical Materials

LED lighting is gaining popularity in the aerospace industry as they deliver low maintenance, reliable illumination with long life, and low power consumption.

We offer a range of materials that help you to enhance the performance and durability of your LED lighting assemblies.

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EMI / RFI Shielding

Aerospace engineers use EMI / RFI shielding to protect aircrafts against Electromagnetic and radio interferenceand ensure the safety and protection of mission-critical systems.

A wide range of our technical materials deliver high-quality EMI / RFI shielding to your applications or can be specially coated to do so.

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Electrical Insulators

A part of an aircraft’s safe operations, it is important that its sensitive electrical components are protected both from interference, short circuits, and from heat.

Materials Direct offers an extensive range of electrical insulation materials suitable for aerospace applications.

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Custom Cut Materials

We are able to offer a “First Article Inspection” report for new designs before we start full production should it be required. This will give assurance that the design parameters have been met entirely before converting high volumes of expensive materials.

Materials Direct is approaching this market in a way that is easy to order and specify in Electronics across all industries. Customers who need a certain brand of material that does not appear on the site can apply for us to add this stock to the site’s portfolio based on potential usage.

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No Tooling Charge
No Tooling Charge

There is NEVER a tooling charge for manufacturing

Fast Manufacturing
Fast Manufacturing

Parts made & shipped worldwide in as little as 24 hours

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Instant Quotes – Purchasing Made Easy

Materials Direct not only provides an instant quote but gives the buyer the offer of uploading their custom design for it to be manufactured within 24hours if the material is in stock.
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Get an online quote for the part / gasket
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Parts dispatched to you in as little as 24 hours

Custom Cutting To Meet Your Specification

Materials Direct Offers A Wide Range of Services

Coating & Laminating

For creating hybrid materials that meet your specification. Improve strength, stability or add additional properties to materials.
Rotary Die Cutting

Rotary Die Cutting

The ideal cutting method for large quantity orders; delivering fast and accurate conversion of materials into custom parts and shapes.
Die Cutting

Die Cutting

An accurate and repeatable method of cutting materials into bespoke shapes and designs. Ideal for high-volume orders.

Laser Cutting

A fast, tool free processing of materials. Highly accurate, cost effective and often the best choice for separating parts from sheet materials
Plotter Cutting

Plotter Cutting

Allows for converting a wide range of materials including foams, rubbers, TIMs, metal-filled fabrics, and more.
CNC Routing

CNC Routing

High quality and consistent cutting of hard materials such as wood, composites, aluminum, steel, plastics, glass, and more.

Trusted Supplier in the Military Applications

Supplying Technical Materials to World-Famous Brands Within the Military Sector

Quality Assured

We Provide Technical Materials from Trusted Brands

The Aerospace industry demands high-quality, high-performing technical materials. Therefore Materials Direct only sources from trusted Brands.

'Having the ability to be supplied with precision cut materials for prototypes within 2 days has been excellent!’

Engineer, Rolls Royce

'We have the need for small to medium batch sizes of various technical materials and Materials Direct have been highly responsive to our urgent needs'

Buyer, Eaton Aerospace

‘We have had to change our designs in the development stages three times. Materials Direct did not charge for these changes as the sizes stayed the same. Excellent!’

Design Engineer, Philips

‘Precision and high quality of parts received have been consistently to a high standard.’

Quality Manager, GEC

Buying online with Materials Direct has proven to be more efficient in time and deliveries, especially when scheduling future orders.

Buyer, Selectronic

Very fast reply, very good order following and delivery in 24H. to recap a very good experience with Materials Direct for a very urgent need. I recommend a lot.

Marien Chevennement

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Frequently Asked Questions

Materials most interesting to the Aerospace industries are often lightweight, robust, tried and tested, reliable, cost-effective and proven. They include thermal interface materials to cool electronic enclosures which are often crammed with electronic devices needing to rid themselves of unwanted heat. The cockpit of an aircraft has multiple electronic systems which are often replicated for redundancy should one system fail then another can take over. This leads to a large amount of potential waste heat to move. Other materials such as Radiofrequency interference is required so as to prevent cross-talk or radio interference between electronic systems. Gaskets and seals are needed to protect your electronics or any item protruding from the aircraft into the environment against moisture or chemical ingress into your systems or electronics. Lightweight materials are supplied by materials direct to house Lithium-Ion batteries and other supporting materials towards building batteries or energy storage. Plastics that need to be cut to size and may be formed are also available from materials direct. Plastics that are as simple as a washer to a complex cover or chassis are supplied by materials direct with ease.

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