Coating know-how & color inspirations

Skin adhesives: Tutorials on the coating process

Colorful medical applications: 150 ready-to-use colors for silicone elastomers

ELASTOSIL® Color Pastes FL & PT | Silicone rubber | Add a splash of color to your silicones

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Typical Applications:

Color coding to differentiate surgical instruments
Color coding to mark the size of vascular plugs and loops
Design of lifestyle and baby-care articles in trendy colors

Explore our X-ray opaque products

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Silicone skin adhesives: Coating & release liner know-how

Easy transfer coating

• Transfer coating on flexible materials

• 2-component soft silicone gel adhesives

• Easy and efficient processing

Adhesive coating with release liner

• Direct coating of SILPURAN® silicone adhesive gels

• Efficient technique for many substrates

How to select the ideal release liner

SILPURAN® | Silicone Rubber | Health Care | Easy Release for SILPURAN® Adhesive Gels

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Study results and product recommendations :

You want to develop a new product? Your task is to find a release liner that does not remove the skin adhesive during peel off?

Benefit from our extensive study: LOPAREX and WACKER have identified ideal adhesive and liner combinations for different applications.

These factors have been taken into account:

Material compatibility between the adhesive and release liner is important. Both can have a significant impact on product performance.
It should be possible to peel off the release liner without removing the adhesive.
Shelf-life is important: The release force should not exceed two and a half times the initial force after nine weeks at room temperature.
The release force should not exceed 0.5 N/in.

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Medical silicone adhesives

SILPURAN^® Silicone Adhesives – Gentle Protection That Stays in Place

The skin is not only the largest organ in the human body – it is also highly sensitive. Wounds have to heal well in order to restore the skin’s protective function. Silicone adhesives from WACKER have been pioneers in the field of modern wound care for over 20 years. In addition to satisfying the most stringent medical standards, these products also offer unique processing advantages.

Bondingtest with silicon and polycarbonat in detail

The best combination ever since the existence of polycarbonate/silicone compound materials

WACKER presents its latest development in silicone elastomers: ELASTOSIL^® LR 3078. Not only does this newly developed liquid silicone rubber feature excellent adhesion to polycarbonate, it also means surfaces no longer need pretreatment. The patented self-adhesive technology opens up unprecedented possibilities in the large-scale production of two-component parts.

Tiny Part with a Vital Function

When people with chronic conditions leave home, their cellphones, keys and wallets are not the only items they must take with them. They often have to remember their medication too, as well as the paraphernalia that goes with it. All the better then that liquid medication can now be injected automatically and conveniently via compact dosing systems – thanks to a new silicone developed specifically for the intricate pump housing.

Silicones in Medical Technology – a Glimpse of Tomorrow, Today

SILPURAN^® and ELASTOSIL^® products from WACKER represent a wide range of silicone solutions for innovative products in everyday medical applications. From respirator masks to tubing to grips and handles for medical equipment, WACKER silicones bring future-proof high tech to medical technology.

From Light to Lettering: Laser Marking on Silicones

The lettering remains even after the light has faded away: the use of a laser beam for purposes of marking and labeling – or simply laser marking – is an excellent method for high-precision, permanent marking on silicone products. Among its several applications, laser marking is used, for instance, on medical devices, cables or household goods – in other words, wherever distinct, razor-sharp and permanent labeling is required.

Injection Molding with Non-Postcuring ELASTOSIL ^® LR 5040

Articles made from liquid silicone rubber (LSR) must be postcured if they are intended for sensitive applications such as babycare products, food contact and medical technology. One of LSR’s key advantages is that it can be mass-produced in a highly precise, automated injection-molding process.