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    Sigmasoft Virtual Molding software now works with elastomers.
    Molds & Tooling

    Molding simulator now works with elastomers

    Karen Hanna
    Oct. 1, 2024
    Sigmasoft Virtual Molding analyzes thermal behavior and helps determine where to place sensors and heating cartridges.

    Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding

    Huntsman
    Using Huntsman's new Castech dosing system, machine operators can add up to 25 percent recycled content by weight to parts made with the company’s Tecnothane engineering elastomer systems.
    Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Momentive will exhibit materials used to finish parts at its stand at the K Show. Among the materials are scratch- and weather-resistant protective coatings from its Hardcoats division that can protect exterior automotive plastic parts from damage due to mechanical and chemical stresses, including sun exposure, when applied in an ultra-thin layer.
    M.R. Mold & Engineering
    Rick Finnie poses with his award as American Mold Builders Association's 2019 Mold Builder of the Year.
    Cal Poly Logo Horizontal Stacked
    Elmet North America Inc.
    Elmet's SMARTmix TOP 7000 Pro LSR dosing system provides material utilization rates of up to 99.6 percent per drum.
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    Engel Machinery Inc.
    Micro-injection unit

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    Ewikon Molding Technologies Inc.
    A closeup of the Coolshot nozzle and tip
    Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding

    Ewikon taps hot-runner technology for its Coolshot LSR system

    Pat Toensmeier
    April 12, 2019
    Much of the technology behind Ewikon’s new Coolshot electric valve-gate cold-runner system for liquid silicone rubber (LSR) has been adapted from the company’s electric hot-runner...
    Wittmann Battenfeld Inc.
    Fakuma 2018 Lsr Prod Cell
    Injection Molding

    Redesigned LSR machines gain features

    April 4, 2019
    Wittmann Battenfeld has upgraded the liquid-silicone-rubber processing technology for its SmartPower, MicroPower, EcoPower, vertical and multicomponent injection molding machines...