Caps & Plugs – The Design Engineer's Guide

Caps & Plugs - Design engineer's Guide

Protect vital parts for more efficient processes with caps and plugs

Protect your application with caps and plugs designed to withstand just about any environment. Free samples on selected products let you try before you buy, and free CAD downloads help you perfect your design.

While this is intended as an overview of caps and plugs that suit particular applications, you can go more in depth with our Ultimate Guide to Caps and Plugs.

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING

Electric cable enclosures • HVAC components • Industrial generator parts • Outdoor utility cabinet

Ensure smooth assembly and transit by protecting critical internal and external profiles from damage while maintaining quality.

Protect your design with:

Quick Release Plugs

Quick Release Plugs

  • Suitable to plug ISO A and ISO B series
  • TPE material
  • For threaded or plain parts
  • Pull tab for quick removal
  • Service temperature range: -40°C – 95°C (-40°F – 203°F)
Threaded Protection Plugs

Threaded Protection Plugs

  • Fully threaded to 13.6 mm/ 0.535 in
  • LDPE material
  • Also used in hydraulic and pneumatic industries
  • Knurled head for easy grip
  • Service temperature range: -40°C – 65°C (-40°F – 149°F)
Tear Tab Caps

Tear Tab Caps

  • Suitable as NPT thread plug, and UNF
  • LDPE material
  • When tab is pulled, cap splits open for quick removal

METAL FABRICATION

Data cabinet • Sheet metal • Furniture

Increase customer satisfaction with a professional finish by masking holes and contact points with easy-to-fit caps and plugs.

Guard your product’s holes with:

High-Temperature Silicone Tapered Plugs

High-Temperature Silicone Tapered Plugs

  • High temperature rating: 250°C (482°F)
  • Durometer (Shore A) 55 + 5
  • Excellent chemical resistance
  • Reusable
  • Flexibility allows slight variations in the sizes to mask
  • Available as a solid plug
  • Available with a hollow core to aid in compression; less material needed also makes this cost effective
Flexible End Cap

Flexible End Cap

  • Flexible to ensure a tight fitting
  • High-temperature PVC: 170°C (338°F)
  • Suitable for a multitude of applications
Masking Pull Plugs

Masking Pull Plugs

  • High temperature rating: 250°C (482°F)
  • Durometer (Shore A) 55 + 5
  • Masks threaded or unthreaded through holes
  • Pull tap enables easy insertion and fast removal from tight holes

VEHICLES

Cars • Trucks • Trains

Protect key components from potential debris contamination and safeguard vital threads from damage during storage and shipment to the final assembly plant.

Protect your design with precision:

Threaded O-ring Plug - Metric Threads

Threaded O-ring Plug - Metric Threads

  • Can be applied or removed by hand, hex wrench or screwdriver
  • Compressing flange lip and o-ring provide water-tight seal for superior leakage protection
  • HDPE material, available in a range of thread sizes
  • Material flammability standard: UL94-V2
Tapered Cap and Tapered Plug

Tapered Cap and Tapered Plug

  • Plugs multiple inner diameters
  • Caps multiple outside diameters
  • LDPE material
  • Tapered caps and plugs made of LDPE
  • Compatible cap thread sizes: BSP 3/8
  • Compatible plug thread sizes: M20
Flexible Pipe Caps

Flexible Pipe Caps

  • Flexible PE material allows for easier fitting on pipes
  • Operating temperature range: 0°C – 65°C (32°F – 149°F)

HOSES AND HYDRAULICS

Tractors • Excavators • Mining

Minimise fluid spills and maintain hose integrity while ensuring constant machinery uptime and user safety.

Give your design specialist hose-fitting protection with:

Hexagonal Caps

Hexagonal Caps

  • Available in all common hydraulic coupling sizes
  • Also suitable for protecting round components
  • LDPE material
  • Rigid design allows easy application and removal
Quick Release Caps

Quick Release Caps

  • Female fitting suitable to protect quick release couplings series ISO A and ISO B
  • Designed to remain attached to hose
  • TPE material
Threaded sealing caps

Threaded sealing caps

  • HDPE caps are resistant to solvents and reduce potential shearing
  • Fitted with an internal neoprene rubber sealing disk to limit contamination

Download free CADs and try before you buy

Free CADs are available for most solutions, which you can download for free. You can also request free samples to ensure the solutions you’ve chosen are exactly what you need. If you’re not quite sure which product will work best for your application, our experts are always happy to advise you.

Request your free samples or download free CADs now.

Questions?

Email us at sales@essentracomponents.co.uk or speak to one of our experts for further information on the ideal solution for your application 0345 528 0474.