{"id":2758,"date":"2026-05-27T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/?page_id=2758"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:26:43","slug":"molding-process-selector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/lsr-injection-molding\/custom-silicone-parts\/molding-process-selector\/","title":{"rendered":"modanatura-processo-selettore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fc23324\" data-block-id=\"fc23324\"><style>.stk-fc23324 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fc23324-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-e1fa985\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"e1fa985\"><style>.stk-e1fa985-container{margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) 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Selector<\/h1>\n<p class=\"sps-intro\">Answer three questions and see whether LSR injection, compression molding or solid silicone injection fits your custom silicone part \u2014 with the Engelhardt machine that runs it.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sps-grid\">\n  <div class=\"sps-field\">\n    <label for=\"sps-volume\">Annual order volume<\/label>\n    <select id=\"sps-volume\" class=\"sps-select\">\n      <option value=\"low\">Under 5,000 pieces\/year<\/option>\n      <option value=\"mid\">5,000 &#8211; 25,000 pieces\/year<\/option>\n      <option value=\"high\">25,000 &#8211; 100,000 pieces\/year<\/option>\n      <option value=\"mass\">Over 100,000 pieces\/year<\/option>\n    <\/select>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"sps-field\">\n    <label for=\"sps-part\">Part character<\/label>\n    <select id=\"sps-part\" class=\"sps-select\">\n      <option value=\"seal\">Static seal or gasket<\/option>\n      <option value=\"thin\">Thin-wall or fine-detail part<\/option>\n      <option value=\"over\">Overmolded onto plastic or metal<\/option>\n      <option value=\"large\">Large-format part (over 600 mm)<\/option>\n      <option value=\"gen\">General molded part<\/option>\n    <\/select>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"sps-field\">\n    <label for=\"sps-priority\">Top priority<\/label>\n    <select id=\"sps-priority\" class=\"sps-select\">\n      <option value=\"tool\">Lowest tooling cost<\/option>\n      <option value=\"tol\">Tightest tolerance<\/option>\n      <option value=\"cycle\">Fastest cycle for high volume<\/option>\n      <option value=\"cset\">Lowest compression set<\/option>\n    <\/select>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"sps-btn\" onclick=\"spsRun()\">Recommend My Process<\/button>\n\n<div class=\"sps-result\" id=\"sps-result\">\n  <h2 id=\"sps-proc\">LSR Injection Molding<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"sps-machine\" id=\"sps-machine\">Engelhardt machine: 150T liquid silicone injection<\/p>\n  <p class=\"sps-reason\" id=\"sps-reason\"><\/p>\n  <div class=\"sps-bars\" id=\"sps-bars\"><\/div>\n  <a class=\"sps-cta\" href=\"#ct-popup-800\">Get a Quote for This Process \u2192<\/a>\n  <p class=\"sps-note\">Guidance only. 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Annual order volume Under 5,000 pieces\/year5,000 &#8211; 25,000 pieces\/year25,000 &#8211; 100,000 pieces\/yearOver 100,000 pieces\/year Part character Static seal or gasketThin-wall or fine-detail partOvermolded onto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":2719,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2758\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meitu-engelhardt.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}