Can We 3d Print Rubber

Our simulated rubber 3d printing service is intended where your designs require materials with rubber like or specific tactile properties.

Can we 3d print rubber.

During vulcanization the rubber becomes solid and firmly holds onto its shape. However rubber will never become fluid again after vulcanizing. An alternative method to 3d printing with silicone is a process called liquid injection molding or lim and when used for silicone also known as liquid silicone rubber injection molding or lsr lim. So the fact that rubber undergoes vulcanization for improving its elasticity and strength means that it can never exist in a fluid state.

When re heating rubber it will burn. After undergoing that transformation rubber can never become fluid again. The reason why it is impossible to 3d print rubber is that rubber is a type of gummy material that is hot pressed to form a mold with which it cools down and vulcanize. For 3d printing you require a material that becomes fluid controllably.

As designers continue to grapple with the possibility of 3d printing rubber we tell you whether it is achievable or not and go into detail discussing alternative rubber like 3d printing materials. Like other methods of 3d printing rubber prints accurately produce complex internal geometries like lattices and tubes at no extra cost easily achieving designs that would be impossible with other types of manufacturing. In fact these 3d printing materials are excellent substitutes for rubber. Can we 3d print rubber.

3d printing in our rubber like materials using our fine detail service also gives you a range of shore a values using the polyjet digital materials technology. Thermoplastic elastomers also known as tpe s are basically a type of plastic that has been engineered to mimic the crucial qualities that made rubber so attractive. When rubber vulcanizes it becomes solid and holds its shape. 3d printed rubber parts can be used in place of molded rubber for just about any application.