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08 May

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 1: Speed

Urethane casting has several advantages over other plastic manufacturing processes like injection molding and additive manufacturing (3D printing). It is fast, inexpensive, and produces high-quality parts. This week we’ll take a look at the first advantage: speed. The urethane casting process is very fast because the silicone molds used to make parts via this process are created very quickly, especially compared to the hard tooling used in injection molding. It is ideal for low-volume production, when quantities do not justify [...]

By Jeremy Losek All Posts, Urethane Advantages, plastic parts, rubber parts, urethane casting

08 May

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 2: Cost

Urethane casting has several advantages over other plastic manufacturing processes like injection molding and additive manufacturing (3D printing). It is fast, inexpensive, and produces high-quality parts. Last week we discussed one advantage of urethane casting, speed. This week we’ll take a look at the second advantage: cost. The liquid poured and cured silicone molds used for casting urethane are much cheaper to produce compared to creating injection mold “hard” tooling. To put it in perspective, a casting project might be hundreds of [...]

By Jeremy Losek All Posts, Urethane Advantages, cost, plastic parts, prototypes, rubber parts, urethane casting

08 May

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 3: Quality

Urethane casting has several advantages over other plastic manufacturing processes like injection molding and additive manufacturing (3D printing). It is fast, inexpensive, and produces high-quality parts. Over the last two weeks we’ve covered the advantages of speed and cost. This week we’ll take a look at the third advantage: quality. The cast urethane process can use a variety of formulations to produce parts that are soft or hard, colored or transparent. The silicone molds provide excellent surface finish detail and can [...]

By Jeremy Losek All Posts, Urethane Advantages, plastic parts, prototypes, quality, rubber parts, urethane casting

08 May

How to Choose the Right Production Process

You’ll most likely need a different production process for your plastic parts if you’re at the beginning stage of product development, compared to being at the final stage, ready for production parts. Regardless of where you’re at in the process, we’ll help you understand the differences between the various production methods and choose the best one. The various processes vary by quantity of parts needed, cost, speed and other factors. Here are the manufacturing processes we offer: Urethane Casting: Fast, inexpensive [...]

By Jeremy Losek All Posts, CNC, Injection Molding, Urethane CNC machining, injection molding, manufacturing process, urethane casting

Urethane

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Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 1: Speed

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 2: Cost

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 3: Quality

How to Choose the Right Production Process

ICOMold is a Leader in Plastic
Injection Molding for US Companies

Urethane

Low-Cost Injection Molding Leader

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 1: Speed

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 2: Cost

Advantages of Urethane Casting – Part 3: Quality

How to Choose the Right Production Process

ICOMold is a Leader in Plastic Injection Molding for US Companies

ICOMold is a Leader in Plastic
Injection Molding for US Companies