Silicone - Hygienic & durable
Silicone is a truly multi-talented material! Many revolutionary products have been created by replacing tried and tested materials with silicone. This has resulted in completely new product benefits.
SILICONE FOR THE LIFE SCIENCE INDUSTRY
Silicone injection molding offers the following advantages for the life science sector due to its special properties:
Biocompatibility: This means that it is not toxic or harmful to the human body. This means there are no allergic reactions - in accordance with USP Class VI/ISO 10993 for applications in the medical and food industries.
Easy sterilization: This is of great importance in medical technology. It can be sterilized with steam, ethylene oxide, gamma and e-rays without compromising its properties.
Flexibility: Silicone is extremely flexible and can be easily injection molded into various shapes. It also exhibits long-term temperature stability (-50°C to 180°C) and break resistance despite its high elasticity (stretchable up to 1,000%).
Silicone is extremely elastic and malleable. These properties make the material ideal for use in seals where long-term tightness is required. When a silicone seal is exposed to permanent pressure under normal environmental conditions within a temperature range of -40°C to 80°C, the material properties come into their own. Changes in compression set are virtually unmeasurable.
