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 ...

At BIOMEDevice Boston at the Boston Convention & Expo Center, March 26-27, 2014, Proto Labs will announce that their liquid silicone rubber injection molding process is now available through their ...

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 ...

M.R. Mold & Engineering will demonstrate its expertise in building silicone injection molds with tight tolerances, complex geometries and flashless processing capabilities at NPE 2018. Liquid silicone ...

This micromolded filter features more than 76-µm squares. Though molding is a tried and true method for manufacturing many medical devices, the climate of the industry is shifting slightly. Whereas ...

Proto Labs’ Protomold Injection Molding Service expands its service to include liquid silicone rubber and metal injection-molded stainless-steel parts. Proto Labs has applied its proprietary ...

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 ...

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 ...

A precision assembly is helping ease incontinence and other medical problems caused by a variety of gynecologic conditions, including prolapse. Engineers at MedPlast (Elkhorn, WI) developed a new ...

Isolde Boettger said she and Michael Maloney started their silicone molding business in Canada 16 years ago with two machines “and a lot of enthusiasm.” Silcotech Carolina, the company’s first U.S.