Engineering
Silicone Mold Design, DFM & Cavity Layout
Before a mold is cut, the geometry decides whether it fills, releases and repeats. These articles cover draft angles, undercut treatment, cavity spacing, multi-cavity layouts and the design-for-manufacture review RUUIPON runs on drawings and samples.
Articles in this topic
- How Small Can a Molded Logo Be in a Silicone Mold?
- Multi-Cavity Silicone Mold Layout
- Custom Silicone Mold Design Guide
- Dummy Casts to Hold Cavity Shape in Storage | RUUIPON
- Silicone Mix Ratio Mistakes: 1:1 vs 10:1 | RUUIPON
- NDA Before a Custom Silicone Mold Design | RUUIPON
- Emboss Versus Recess Logos in an RTV Mold | RUUIPON
- Logo Depth, Wash-Out and Serifs on Molds | RUUIPON
- DFM Before Tooling: RTV Calls Before Rubber | RUUIPON
- Logo Depth in mm That Will Wash and Peel | RUUIPON
- Cavity Count vs Piece Weight on RTV Trays
- Rib and Boss Design to Prevent Silicone Sink Marks
- Textures and Logos in Custom Silicone Tool Cavities
- Balancing Pours in Multi-Cavity RTV Silicone Molds
- RTV Mold Design for Grommet, Gasket, and O-Ring Casts
- CMM vs Optical Measurement for Soft RTV Cavity Dims
- RTV Undercuts: Peel, Split, Core — Not a Robot Wrist
- Thin-Wall 0.2 mm: RTV Flash vs Designed Walls
- Clamp Force: RTV Jacket Boxes vs HCR Presses
- Draft vs Texture: 1° per 0.02 mm on RTV Masters
- ROI: Scale RTV Jackets vs Jump to LSR Steel
- Common Mistakes in RTV Silicone Mold Design
- Custom Logos on RTV Silicone Molds: Depth and Face
- Design Vitamin Gummies as Mold Cavity Geometry
- Silicone Mold Wall Thickness and Support Design
- Text and Lettering Design for Silicone Molds
- Preparing Logo Artwork for Silicone Molds
- Silicone Mold Undercuts: When to Use a Split, Plug or Core
- Flood-and-Scrape Silicone Molds: What to Brief Before DFM
- Custom Silicone Mold Design Process: From Concept to Production