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 ...

The criteria for selecting a Liquid Silicone Rubber injection molding machine are very similar to selecting a machine for standard thermoplastic injection molding, with some key differences. Let’s ...

While it’s the ideal choice for mass production, injection molding is simply no good for prototyping. The molds are expensive and time-consuming make, so unless you’ve got the funding to burn tens of ...

NILES, Ill.—Four is better than three when it comes to large injection molding presses. That's the case for Niles-based A.L.P. Lighting Components which recently added a 240-ton 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 ...

Simtec Silicone Parts (Miramar, FL) is marking its 15-year anniversary this month, and it has a lot to celebrate. Since relocating to Florida from Wisconsin in 2013, the company has achieved ...

Injection molding is the manufacturing process which is mostly used for the plastic items from toys and plastic trinkets to cell phone cases, automotive body parts, containers, water bottles, and more ...

The wax injection molding process is used to produce models for investment casting quickly and easily. For a non-destructive demolding of the wax parts, silicone-based release agents have had to be ...