Ian: We've had good success with the investment casting of silicone rubber
articles with excellent surfaces in Dow Silastic E. Simply send zipped
binary .stl files of your parts and we'll quote if able.
Best Regards, Tom Richards, Metallurgist (and "siliconeologist" I suppose)
At 08:43 AM 5/19/99 +0800, you wrote:
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>
>Hi rp-ml
>
>Has anyone used any of the elastomeric materials to fabricate soft-feel
>buttons for electronic appliances (calculators, computer games, etc.)? Does
>it work? I have an application where I need to make some buttons that are
>unusual shapes and want to know the best way to do it.
>
>IG
>
>
>Dr. Ian Gibson
>Associate Professor
>Department of Mechanical Engineering
>The University of Hong Kong
>tel: (852) 28597901
>fax: (852) 28585415
>igibson@hkucc.hku.hk
>
>Still crazy after all these years - Paul Simon
>
>For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
>
>
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