Launch a new silicone product in 2022 (4 processes)

When you have a new creative idea or want to launch a new silicone product.
How can you bring it to life?
Where to start with?
What process to go through?
Knowing about these will give you a clear idea of your project schedule.

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Our silicone product development processes mainly include 3D drawing, prototype, production tool making, and mass molding production.

In this post, we will discuss each stage in detail. Well, above all, you need to have a partner who can produce silicone parts for you. We had a post on how to choose the right silicone supplier, hope it can help you. Let&#;s begin.

1. 3D drawing or CAD drawing

A CAD drawing also known as Computer-Aided Drawing is the digital version of the product, which can be rotated to view from any angle, even from the inside. We will have a deeper understanding of your product and offer expert advice. File-type in Solidworks, iges, or Step formats will be needed.

CAD file provided by the customer: Through CAD files, our professional engineers can check carefully every detail of the design. They will evaluate the product design and feasibility for mold making and mass production, and give certain suggestions for improvement if needed.

Our engineering support &#; If you have only a sketch or idea, but are unable to offer a 3D CAD model, don&#;t worry, HB Silicone will offer your engineering support.

Our skilled mold design and manufacturing engineers will help you with the drawing by getting involved in the early stages of silicone product development. They will work out the 3D files after a mutual agreement on the final design and send them to you for confirmation.

2. Prototyping

Stereolithography (3D printing) does not currently include a silicone material, so we can&#;t make a silicone part through 3D Printing. For molded silicone parts, steel tool mold will be needed.

HB Silicone&#;s internal mold shop is capable of mold machining including CNC and milling machining. Our mold maker will have a single cavity trial mold made for prototyping. Our standard practice is 3~5 days for mold making. 3~5pcs prototypes will be molded as customer requirement on material/ color/ durometer. Our engineers will inspect the parts function, its critical areas before sending the sample out to the customer for confirmation. The prototyping stage includes the following aspects:

• Tooling design (mold design and programming)
• Mold Machining (CNC machining and milling machining)
• Tool surface finish (polishing, coating, texturing)
• Preparation for prototyping(durometer, material selection, color matching, surface treatment)
• Prototype making (compression molding)
• Prototype inspection (engineers inspection)
• Prototype confirmation (send the sample to the customer for confirmation)
• Feedback from customer
• Part and tool mold adjustments (if needed)
• Prototype making (if needed)
• Prototype inspection (if needed)
• Prototype approvement

Are you interested in learning more about silicone prototype? Contact us today to secure an expert consultation!

3. Production tool making

Unlike the prototyping trial mold, the production tool is a multi-cavity mold for more than tens of thousands of silicone products production per month.

It is not suggested to make any change or modification to a production tool once it is finished. A small change can be a reason for mold rejection. It will be a huge loss of time and money.

The production tool mold is a copy of the prototyping trail mold but with more cavities. So it is better to settle down the part design during the prototyping stage, and make sure no more adjustments are needed before we go on with the production mold.

We will go through the following steps in this stage:

• Tooling design (mold design and programming)
• Mold Machining (CNC machining and milling machining)
• Tool surface finish (polishing, coating, texturing)
• Production sample making (sample color, material, and durometer change can be made if needed)
• Sample ( inspection (engineers inspection)
• Sample confirmation (send the sample to the customer for confirmation)
• The customer confirms the sample and informs us to go on with mass production

4. Mass molding production

Now we come to the mass production stage, which includes the following steps:

• Compression molding production( 7 steps)
• Silicone parts surface treatment( printing, oil spray, laser etching)
• Quality inspection (full-inspection)
• Packing
• Delivery

No matter what silicone product you are going to launch in , it is important to find a full-service silicone manufacturer with its own internal mold shop.

Mold making is the base for OEM silicone product development, the quality of the tool mold decides silicone product quality and mass production efficiency. Working with professional silicone mold makers will largely simplify communication and shorten your project timeline.

Ready to launch a new silicone product? welcome to contact us today!

About HB Silicone :
15 years of experience in CNC mold making and custom molded silicone products.
R&D Support (Custom products design, 3D files)
CNC tool mold design and process (Programming, mold making)
Silicone Molding Production (High Volume Production, Quality Control)
Customers who want to develop custom silicone products are welcome to contact us at :
www.hbsilicone.com

The company is the world’s best cnc milling services china supplier. We are your one-stop shop for all needs. Our staff are highly-specialized and will help you find the product you need.