Nowadays, many friends purchase silicone home products, such as silicone earphone case, silicone ornaments, silicone toys, etc. The silicone products in physical stores may be slightly more recognizable. If you buy some silicone products online, you can only look at them from the pictures, but it is not very intuitive to feel the authenticity of the materials. Many silicone like products use the label of silicone to impersonate silicone products, some are PVC soft glue, some are TPU and other thermoplastic materials. Compared with other materials, silicone has a much higher molecular structure and hygiene safety. Many mother and baby products choose silicone as the processing material mainly because its environmental and non-toxic properties are a major highlight, such as pacifiers, bottles, silicone bibs, and so on.
In recent years, more and more silicone products that come into contact with food have appeared in the market. According to product usage, most household items are processed from silicone material, and only a small number of special purpose products use rubber. Silicone is an artificially synthesized material that can be tested by SGS related organizations.
Due to the fact that most people are not very familiar with silicone material and are not very familiar with the products processed with silicone materials, their awareness of the materials is lacking. However, silicone material and most thermoplastic elastomers have no significant differences in appearance and feel, so it is not easy to distinguish them. Some e-commerce websites may also have incorrect understanding of the materials in the material instructions. If you purchase silicone products from physical stores or e-commerce platforms such as Taobao, please pay more attention to the material instructions to ensure the safety of product use.
The production of silicone products is a complex process, and the quality is good or bad, in addition to machine and human factors. Intermediate inspection is the key to discovering and solving major product quality problems. Therefore, maintaining the normal operation of the machine, the good working condition of the mold, and strengthening the operation skills and quality awareness training of operators and quality control personnel are the key to reducing production defects, and also the key to enterprise efficiency.
