Liquid silicone rubber concept

As we all know, there are many kinds of classification methods of silicone rubber, such as according to the form of classification: solid silicone rubber, liquid silicone rubber; According to the vulcanization temperature classification: high temperature vulcanized silicone rubber, low temperature vulcanized silicone rubber, room temperature vulcanized silicone rubber; According to the crosslinking mechanism classification: free radical crosslinking silicone rubber, silicone rubber, silicone rubber condensation and so on.

Liquid silicone rubber research stage

In the 1960s and 1970s, the rubber and plastics industry developed rapidly. A large number of new plastics and rubber materials were developed and put on the market. In the 1970s, the market of silicone rubber was rapidly expanding from military to civilian use. Because of the solid silicone rubber molding process such as labor-intensive, low degree of automation, high energy consumption and so on, someone thought: can silicone rubber like plastic injection molding? So since the end of the 1970s, the internationally renowned silicone enterprises began to study liquid injection molding silicone rubber. Mainly to solve the flow, physical and mechanical properties, safe operation time, injection process and other technical difficulties. At the end of 1980s, China began to develop liquid silicone rubber.

Industrialization of liquid silicone rubber

Since the late 1980 s, liquid silicone rubber began to industrialized production, from a relatively narrow at the beginning of the application domain to the expansion of the application of more and more, now the liquid silicone rubber has been applied to include auto parts, electrical insulation, electronic, food packaging, medical devices, health care, sports equipment, solar energy, optics, a printer, a wide range of military industry, etc.
In the early 21st century, China began the industrial production of liquid silicone rubber. Compared with developed countries lag behind about 10 years, but after more than 10 years of development, China has become a liquid silicone rubber in the world production and consumption field can not be ignored a force.