Prototyping Molds
To quickly and efficiently give yourself the best chance of prototyping success, you need a proven and tested silicone that you can trust to provide accurate design dimensions.
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Product Introduction
Molds for rapid prototyping
To quickly and efficiently give yourself the best chance of prototyping success, you need a proven and tested silicone that you can trust to provide accurate design dimensions. For years, B-F has been successfully partnering with major manufacturers in a wide range of industries. B-F provides quality elastomers for silicone molds and parts, meeting this critical need with "best of breed" silicone.
Why choose us?
It has become the silicone of choice for many industrial companies and designers around the world for rapid mold making and part molding for the simple reason that it provides the functionality they need.
1. Excellent transparency allows for accurate visibility of objects in the mold and is ideal for cutting molds or two-part silicone tools.
2. Excellent transparency and ease of coloring also produce excellent functional silicone parts
3. Excellent mechanical properties, including excellent tear resistance
4. High yield per mold due to high chemical resistance to synthetic resins (PU, Epoxy, PES)
5. Precise reproduction of details and easy release from the mold
6. No shrinkage after curing, meaning accurate mold and part dimensions
7. Multiple catalyst systems available, providing greater flexibility in customer selection
Today's additive manufacturing companies are supplying large companies and have expanded beyond prototyping to mass production. In the jump to injection molding, many companies are utilizing meter-mix dispensing equipment for short- to medium-term part production, as a bridge to higher manufacturing processes, or in cases where only a small number of high-value parts are needed each year. For example, many prototyping companies are supplying parts for medical devices, where silicone is the most economical way to produce 750 parts per year. Silicone molds are ideal for these low-pressure injection molding applications. Because of its excellent mechanical properties, it also meets the critical requirements of mass production, where long mold life and higher part-per-mold yields are the keys to success and profitability.
