Micro injection molding
starlim’s standard production produces components in large series that have a component weight of at least 10 mg. Since the rules of the game are completely different when it comes to silicone components under 10 mg, starlim’s definition of “micro injection molding” begins at this weight.
What is micro injection molding?
In micro injection molding today there are 3 classes of components:
- Injection molded parts with micro-structured areas (CD, “Plastics-Wafer”, …)
- Micro injection molded parts or micro molded parts weighing in the milligram range (micro housing, wristwatch hands, …)
- Micro-precision molded parts with tolerances and minimum dimensions in the µ range (wristwatch gears, …)
Our offer:
- Micro silicone components under 10 mg with high-precision undercuts and depressions
- Single and multi-component injection molding
- Part removal using a handling robot
- In-process optical quality monitoring
- Aligned parts tray
- Automatic parts packaging
- On request, everything can also be done in the clean room
Product Development
Product development
At starlim, we have extensive material and process knowledge about the phenomenon of silicone. With reference to your requirements, we start with the product development together.
Tool making
Tool making
We stick to the “single source supply” principle. Marchtrenk is not only the center for the development of products. Here we design and produce the molds for injection molding products exclusively in our own tool making department. Our expertise is concentrated entirely here at our HQ. This makes us independent and we can react in a flexible manner.
Rapid Tooling
Rapid Tooling
Early mass production-like LSR parts within only 10 working days – this is rapid tooling starlim-sterner-style.
Rapid Tooling – fast tool making – was developed so our customers could be offered first LSR injection parts after a brief time span; those parts were made under mass production-like conditions.
Test tool
Test tool
First serial parts within a short span of time. By producing a test tool it is possible to offer our customers LSR injection molding parts which after a brief time span were made under mass production conditions.
Micro injection molding
Micro injection molding
At starlim, components are manufactured in large series as standard, which have a weight of at least 10mg. We refer to silicone components under 10mg as micro injection molding.
Clean room
Clean room
In order to have a controlled environment for the production of the purest silicone parts, starlim has its own clean room. This is certified according to the classes ISO 14644-1 class 7 & 8 as well as GMP class C&D.
Production
Production
In the fully automatic injection molding process, one-component and multi-component parts are made from silicone at starlim. Production takes place at the Austrian locations in Marchtrenk, Weißkirchen and Lambach as well as in our Canadian branch in London / Ontario.
