Vacuum Casting Materials: Spotlight on Rubber

Like all the prototyping services offered by Prototype Projects, Vacuum Casting is a highly versatile process which can deliver production-type parts to test a huge range of visual, mechanical and functional characteristics.

Properties that can be achieved with Vacuum Casting parts include a broad spectrum of rigidity or elastomeric qualities as well as resistance to impact, temperature and chemicals.

Colour options range from clear through tinted to a fully coloured finish to match specified pantone or RAL references.

This Materials Spotlight covers the range of rubber-like material properties that can be achieved with Vacuum Casting at Prototype Projects.

The range of properties and applications of rubberised parts and components is enormous, so accordingly the prototyping process must be capable of producing an equally wide range of properties.

From the solid rubber components used in impact- or temperature (both heat and cold) resistant scenarios in the automotive, engineering or aerospace industries to softer, tear-resistant or chemical-resistant rubber used in the scientific or healthcare sectors, there is barely any engineering or manufacturing sector for which prototype parts with the properties of rubber is not a requirement.

To achieve these properties in the Vacuum Casting process Prototype Projects offers a selection of resin materials to simulate the properties of elastomers and silicone rubber. This broad range of resins enables us to offer a highly specific set of properties and characteristics including:

• Colour finishes, from clear through to pantone-matche
• Wide range of shore hardness from 20 – 90 shore A
• Tear resistance
• Water resistance
• Temperature resistance
• Chemical resistance
• Foodstuff compatibility
• Great dimensional accuracy and texture finish

For Vacuum Casting prototype parts with all the properties of your rubber production part, look no further than Prototype Projects.

Prototype Projects is always happy to offer expert advice and guidance on Vacuum Casting or any other prototyping requirement. Call us on 01763 249760 or contact us.