Can silica gel be injection molded with a conventional injection molding machine?
Silica gel, also known as silicic acid gel, is a highly active adsorption material and is a non-static substance. The main components of silica gel are silicon dioxide, which is chemically stable.
Silica gel can be divided into organic silica gel and inorganic silica gel according to its properties and composition. And according to the size of its pore size, silica gel can divide into coarse pore silica and fine pore silica gel.
Due to the high processing cost of silica gel products, technicians consider whether it is possible to process silica gel products by injection molding. Although liquid silicone can process by injection molding, the actual processing equipment used is different from the ordinary injection molding machine, and the professional silicone injection machine is needed in the production of silicone products. Normally the silicone injection machine mentioned by the user is the conventional injection molding machine for plastic injection molds, so can silica gel be processed with those conventional injection molding machines?
As we all know, pure silica gel cannot be processed by an ordinary injection molding machine. If you need to use the injection molding process for the production of silicon products, you can try to use modified silicone. Modified silica gel is not much different from pure silica gel in common properties, but it can adapt to the conventional injection molding machine.
