How to Make Silicone Parts: Silicone 3D Printing, Silicone-Like Materials, and Silicone Casting

#sla3dprinting #formlabsresin #stereolithography #silicone40A #silicone3Dprinting

Silicone elastomers are versatile materials with high-performance properties making them attractive for a wide range of applications, from consumer products to medical devices, to industrial parts for automotive and manufacturing sectors.

Silicone parts are traditionally fabricated with injection molding, compression molding, or casting. These processes are either labor-intensive or require expensive tooling that comes with long lead times. 3D printing can solve these challenges: it allows you to fabricate parts quickly and at a low cost.

There are three solutions: 3D printing pure silicone, 3D printing elastomeric parts with silicone-like properties, or 3D printing molds for casting the silicone of your choice.

Chapter 1: 3D Printing Pure Silicone
Chapter 2: 3D Printing High-Performance Elastomers
Chapter 3: 3D Printing Molds for Casting the Silicone of Your Choice

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Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in North Carolina, Germany, Hungary, Japan, China, and Singapore, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision-makers around the globe.

Through a continuous commitment to innovation, Formlabs has become the largest supplier of professional stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers in the world. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance 3D printing materials that continue to expand the range of applications of additive manufacturing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software, post-processing tools, and automation solutions.

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[fatal]

The irony of talking about how these materials and manufacturing process can take your lead time form 2-3 weeks to 8 hours. Yet to buy the materials the lead time is currently 8 weeks from you guys. LOL...

[rescuemethod]

What about labor costs? This is why companies use automated injection molding. Tooling costs are high up front but then material and labor costs are much much lower compared to resin so the overall price is lower. If Formlabs could automate the process affordably and sell Resin for a price in line with production parts then I might be a customer.

[automan]

will 40A silicone resist high voltages found in automotive ignition systems ? Did I see that ?

[noway]

Very cool but the Devil is on the details, as always😊

[ilwhana]

I thought that I have to use support material always for each printing. 😮

[yveslegrand]

Unfortunately silicone like materials is NOT real silicone....

[ovalwingnut]

I feel like I'm not getting the whole story.. just saying.

[timhofstetter]

Your writer has obviously never used a 3D printer.

[LibertyEver]

I have a product that would be much improved with 3D printed 40A silicone, but only at a cost of 10 cents per gram or less.

[daleolson]

I wouldn’t use dorman as a benchmark. Kill th music

[karlosss]

Yerrrr.... a lead time of 8 weeks and no viewable pricing lol.

[johnlocke]

Dorman Automotive is a terrible company.