Injection molding enables device makers to produce complex components with good part-to-part integrity, but choosing the right material and process is critical. Drew Rogers Injection molding is a ...

Maximizing the benefits of high consistency rubber silicone for injection molding and leveraging its versatility requires special considerations to manufacture quality parts. As with organic polymer ...

You’ve likely seen many tutorials on making silicone parts using 3D printed molds online. The vast majority of these methods use a simple pour method to fill the mold. This relies on careful degassing ...

Because it is biocompatible and withstands high temperatures, and has a number of desirable properties such as flexibility, transparency, and compatibility with thin-wall molding, liquid silicone ...

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. – March 19, 2014 – At BIOMEDevice Boston at the Boston Convention & Expo Center, March 26-27, 2014, Proto Labs will announce that their liquid silicone rubber injection molding ...

The challenge to rapidly create high-performance products withthe fewest components is common among device designers and the manufacturersthat produce them. One solution is to create single-molded ...

New York — In some ways, the process of micromolding is a contradiction. As medical and health care markets demand smaller and more precisely designed components, the micromolding industry grows in ...

OFTERING, Austria—Elmet, a manufacturer of equipment for silicone and rubber parts, has released a new, all-electric cold runner for liquid silicone rubber injection molding. The Smartshot E cold ...

Munich — Low-temperature cure liquid silicone rubber is "redefining boundaries of LSR technology," according to Patrick Beyer, silicon rubber product development specialist at Wiesbaden, Germany-based ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In addition to its already being marketed liquid silicone rubber form, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo, President, Yasuhiko Saitoh) has now developed a molding ...