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 ...

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 ...

Maximizing the benefits of high consistency rubber silicone for injection molding and leveraging its versatility requires special considerations to manufacture quality parts. As with organic polymer ...

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 ...

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. – March 19, 2014 – At BIOMEDevice Boston at the Boston Convention & Expo Center, March 26-27, 2014, Proto Labs will announce that their liquid silicone rubber injection molding ...

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 ...

Vacuum casting is a technology for bridge production in the rapid prototyping industry. It is the ideal choice for low-volume manufacturing before investing in expensive hard tooling.

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 ...

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 ...