Tool Engineering

Successful Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) processing demands a high degree of workmanship and precision in both tool design and tool manufacturing. G & F Medical addresses the needs by:

Working with experienced Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) tool makers in the US and Europe
Engineering high quality tools for both low volume and high volume production
Scrapless Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) cold runner technology at an affordable cost: in return customers receive high quality parts at much lower unit part cost.
G & F Medical is fully competent to design and automate a molding operation.
Customized fixture design

How cold runner technology can be beneficial in LSR molding:

Direct injection reduces material waste in runners and sprues
In multi-cavity tooling, material flow in each cavity can be balanced.
Balanced fill in multi-cavity tools results in less cavity to cavity variation (e.g. functional and performance characteristics of molded parts)
Less pressure drop in the runner system
Easy to automate the molding operation

Benefits cited above deliver high yield, repeatability, greater consistency, quick cycle time and low cost production.