Knowledge centre
Practical guidance for better parts.
Explore clear guides and project records to compare materials, manufacturing routes and real-world outcomes before you commit to a design or tooling choice.
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What you’ll find
This section brings together straightforward advice on common material and process choices, alongside project records that show how different approaches work in practice for real products and assemblies.
Start with the guides if you are weighing up compression, injection or LSR, comparing silicone, rubber and TPE, or considering overmoulding. Choose the project records if seeing completed applications will help you narrow down the right route.
Guides
Compression, injection or LSR — which route fits your part?, Overmoulding: when it saves you a step, and when it doesn't, Silicone, rubber and TPE — what each is good for
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Project records
Wearables brand's overmoulded button assembly, Medical device OEM's LSR gasket in volume, Consumer audio brand's ear tip production
ExploreGuides
- Compression, injection or LSR — which route fits your part?
- Overmoulding: when it saves you a step, and when it doesn't
- Silicone, rubber and TPE — what each is good for
- Designing a part for volume from the start
- Post-processing silicone — what happens after the press opens
- Colour matching and batch consistency
- Moving from prototype tooling to production
- Choosing a Shore hardness
- Tolerances in moulded parts
- Choosing silicone for medical device components
- Scaling a silicone part to volume
- When to switch from HCR to LSR
Project records
- Wearables brand's overmoulded button assembly
- Medical device OEM's LSR gasket in volume
- Consumer audio brand's ear tip production
- Precision electronics maker's keypad batch
- Automotive tier-2 supplier's moulded seal
- Haptics brand's silicone diaphragm
- Wellness product's silicone applicator tip
- Sportswear brand's overmoulded whistle
- Outdoor brand's rubber grip production
- Domestic appliance OEM's silicone valve
- Marine equipment maker's sealed connector overmould
- Industrial pump maker's fabric-reinforced diaphragm
If you are not sure where to begin, get in touch and we can point you to the most relevant guide or project record.
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