Injection molding liquid silicone
Nov 21,2023 Hanast
Injection molding liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is a new type of organic silicone material that is environmentally friendly, odorless, has excellent weather resistance and chemical inertness. It is one of the high-grade organic silicone products that has developed rapidly in recent years. This type of silicone rubber has low viscosity (it has certain fluidity and amorphousness before vulcanization). It can be fed by metering and mixing equipment, and the two components can be mixed and injection molded using special injection molding equipment, and then rapidly vulcanized to form products. .
Liquid injection molding silicone rubber has many advantages over traditional materials: short molding cycle, high degree of automated molding, low vulcanization temperature, no by-products during the vulcanization process, high precision of the product, no need for trimming, and long service life of the product. Becoming an alternative to popular synthetic rubber materials and high-end applications.
The special material properties of liquid silicone solidify only through cross-linking. Interestingly, LSR is always applied where conventional and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) reach their limits. LSR also has very good resilience properties, high heat resistance (some exceeding 180°C), low temperature flexibility (down to about -50°C), high electrical insulation properties, tensile and re-breaking strength and is physiologically also Harmless. These material properties, single dyeing, and the ability to be combined with a variety of metals and plastics make Liquid Silicone popular for a wide range of applications. This is coupled with an increasing number of material types, for example, in addition to standard types with various Shore hardnesses, there are also medical-technical, oil-resistant, thermal permeation of oils, electrically conductive, flame-retardant, rapid cross-linking or attached Focus on modified types and types made with fluorosilicone.
From the product classification, application characteristics and precautions of silicone, silicone rubber raw materials and liquid silicone raw materials, there will be differences. After continuous development and research, silicone has begun to be increasingly widely used in various fields of modern industry. For example, medical, infant and child care, smart wearables, automobiles, aerospace and other fields. Being familiar with the application technology and main application uses of silicone raw materials and liquid silicone rubber raw materials will help us discover, research and explore deeper and wider.