Webinar Recording: “Formulation for Fire & Foam: Custom-Engineered Silicone HCR Solutions”

On Thursday, November 5, 2026, RDAbbott hosted a webinar titled “Formulations for Fire & Foam: Custom-Engineered Silicone HCR Solutions.” This 60-minute presentation explores how High Consistency Silicone Rubber (HCR) materials from Dow are helping manufacturers address demanding requirements for durability, safety, and performance.

Jake Steinbrecher, Senior Technical Service & Development Scientist for Dow Consumer Solutions, Mobility & Transportation, and Mengjie Yu, Ph.D., a Senior Research Specialist at Dow, were the presenters.

This recording is part of RDAbbott’s 2026 Webinar Series, which provides technical insights, materials updates, and processing recommendations from our supplier partners.

HCR silicones exhibit superior mechanical strength, durability, and processing flexibility. They also offer thermal stability across extreme temperature ranges. Consequently, these materials are used for custom-engineered solutions in severe environments.

Because silicone HCR materials can be tailored through compounding, formulators can fine-tune specific properties like flame retardancy and thermal insulation. Fabricators can then produce parts with complex geometries, tight tolerances, and that meet demanding specifications.

By watching this free recording, you’ll learn how custom-engineered HCR formulations from Dow can be tailored to address across aerospace, mobility, infrastructure, energy storage, and industrial applications.

The presentation first examines flame-retardant HCR materials, including fully formulated compounds and flexible platform technologies built around ready-to-formulate HCR bases and flame-retardant additive packages. Attendees gained insight into material options that can help meet demanding performance requirements while supporting efficient manufacturing.

Attendees also learned about silicone HCR foam technologies designed to deliver flame retardancy, thermal insulation, weather resistance, and long-term reliability. These foam products are particularly well suited for sheets, slabs, and sealing applications where protection from heat, flame, moisture, and environmental exposure is essential.

The presentation concludes with an overview of Dow’s custom compounding capabilities, demonstrating how tailored HCR solutions can be developed to address specific application needs, performance targets, and processing requirements.

Through practical examples, you can gain a better understanding of how customized silicone formulations can help solve complex engineering challenges across a range of industries.