Tagged: Liquid Silicone Rubber

We invite you to join us at Molding 2020 from March 17 – 19 at The Westin Chicago Lombard in Chicago, IL. Rick Ziebell, our Technology Fellow, will be presenting on “Essentials of LSR Materials & Processing.”

RDAbbott is proud to announce its partnership with M.R. Mold & Engineering in Booth 1346 at MD&M West in Anaheim, California, February 11 – 13, 2020, featuring a custom-designed plastic flying disc over-molded with 50-durometer Dow SILASTIC™ Low Temperature Cure (LTC) 9400 Series Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR).

LORD® In-Mold Bonding (IMB™) liquid silicone rubber (LSR) adhesives are non-tacky polymer-based coatings that when applied to a substrate provide a structural bond to a rigid or elastomeric polymer, which is formed under heat and pressure. LORD IMB 3000 series adhesives are designed for bonding platinum-cured silicone rubber to a variety of thermoplastic and metal substrates during the injection molding process.

RDAbbott has hired Craig Lustek as their next application engineer. Craig has more than 20 years of experience in process engineering, research and development, product management and manufacturing with suppliers of elastomers and processing equipment.

RDAbbott is an organizer, sponsor and exhibitor for LSR 2019, the premiere event for liquid silicone rubber professionals. This year’s conference is scheduled for September 9-12, 2019, in Schaumburg, Illinois, and will include technical presentations, a new half-day workshop about LSR simulation at SIGMASOFT®, and a visit to equipment maker ARBURG to see silicone processing technologies. The keynote lecture is about design issues and will be followed by a panel discussion with silicone experts.

We are looking forward to attending and presenting at BOY Machine’s Open House April 9 – 11 at their Exton, PA, facility.

Dow’s portfolio of liquid silicone rubber includes specific LSR formulations, marketed under the SILASTIC™, DOWSIL™, XIAMETER™ and EVOLV3D™ brands. Injection-molding grades, coating grades, a 3D printing grade, electrical grades and optical grades are available, as are LSR color masterbatches.

The organizing committee for LSR 2018, scheduled to take place September 11 – 13 in Anaheim, California is accepting abstracts for technical presentations. The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2018.

RDAbbott recently entered into an agreement with LORD Corporation, a recognized leader in highly reliable adhesives and coatings, to distribute LORD® In-Mold Bonding (IMB™) Adhesives in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

LORD Corporation has delivered a new, ground-breaking In-Mold Bonding (IMB™) Adhesive Technology to transform plastic and silicone component assemblies.