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What are the differences between solid silicone products and liquid silicone products?
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2020-05-14 14:18
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Solid StateSilicone ProductswithLiquid silicone productsHow to choose, where are they different?
In the silicone industry, mixed rubber and liquid rubber can be used to produce all kinds of silicone rubber products. The same is that their products are made of silicone rubber, which can achieve various environmental protection certifications and can also be made into the same shape and size. The products still have no difference in hand feeling and visual effect, but the difference lies in the difference between the two processing technologies and raw materials of solid silicone and liquid silicone products. ThenSolid silicone products and liquid silicone products should be how to choose?
The raw material is different from solid silica gel: the raw material of solid silica gel products is mainly solidified overall raw material. During processing, silica gel product manufacturers need to mix it with rollers to mature it, then add molding vulcanizing agent, and during processing, use the mold to put rubber into the flat vulcanizer at high temperature for molding to obtain finished products with different hardness.
The main auxiliary materials for the production of silicone products are silicone raw materials, vulcanizing agent and color glue. Compared with the injection molding process, the most dominant advantage is that the cost is lower. Solid silicone molds are cheaper than liquid silicone molds in the industry. The prices of raw materials and liquid silicone are relatively cheap. The mold has many mold cavities and high output. The disadvantage is that manual operation is troublesome. The self-splitting mold line is not as perfect as liquid silicone, the maximum softness of the product is about 20 degrees.
Solid silica gel products liquid silica gel: liquid silica gel is mainly raw materials in liquid form. in the production process, liquid silica gel raw materials are mainly injected into the mold cavity for direct automatic mold clamping production and processing, and the mold is automatically discharged and delivered. it is convenient and fast without involving a large amount of labor. the product basically belongs to sealing processing, so the appearance of the product is beautiful and can meet the requirements of aseptic production.
The use of platinum vulcanizing agent, raw materials with good fluidity, fast vulcanization, more safe and environmentally friendly, can fully meet the requirements of food grade. Therefore, many products that are close to human skin in medical care and infants will involve the processing technology of liquid silicone products; the disadvantage is that the cost is high, the mold development cost is expensive and it is not conducive to the production of small batch products.
How to distinguish between liquid silica gel and solid silica gel products?
Liquid silicone products have high transparency, no peculiar smell, the product has a glue injection port, no obvious mold lines and burr defects, and the appearance is relatively more delicate and beautiful. Solid silica gel products have low transparency and smell of vulcanizing agent or other covering vulcanizing agent. The product has no glue injection port and is made by closing the mold up and down. The parting part of the product has certain clamping and self-dismantling lines.
What are the differences between liquid silica gel and solid silica gel?
- Liquid silica gel is generally used in baby supplies and kitchen supplies and medical supplies, and can be in direct contact with food and the human body.
- Solid silica gel is generally used in daily necessities and industrial miscellaneous parts, electronic products waterproof sealing and auto parts.
- The safety of liquid silica gel and solid silica gel: liquid silica gel is a food grade material with high transparency and high safety. It is molded without adding auxiliary materials such as vulcanizing agent, and is sealed and fed. Solid silica gel is a transparent material, molding need to add vulcanizing agent to speed up the vulcanization molding time, open mold feeding molding.
Distinguish from the molding method:
- Liquid silicone is injection molded liquid silicone rubber: the full name is injection molded liquid silicone rubber, and the vulcanization equipment is injection molding machine. Injection molding machine process is very simple, high accuracy, high output, save people, electricity, materials and many other advantages, can produce all high temperature rubber production products; is the next year the development of silicone rubber materials a mainstream.
- Solid silicone molding is the raw material is a piece of solid, through the mixing machine mixing, cutting machine cut into products and mold appropriate size and thickness, and then put into the mold, pressure molding machine under a certain temperature molding molding. Demoulding is similar to that of plastic products, and it is also necessary to clean up the mold.
Distinguish from the molding die:
- Solid silicone mold structure is generally relatively simple, only need to be processed into the corresponding shape of the mold cavity and cavity according to the parameters of the product. Processing costs are relatively cheap.
- Liquid silicone mold structure is more complex, to consider the location of the injection port, cold runner system design, exhaust system design, mold temperature monitoring and so on. Mold processing costs are higher.
- Liquid silica gel has high transparency, no peculiar smell, and the product has a glue injection port.
- Solid silica gel has the aroma of vulcanizing agent or other covering vulcanizing agent, and the product has no glue injection port.
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