Comprehensive Online Training in Silicone Processing – Custom Courses for Your Company
Customized Courses in Silicone and Plastics Processing
📢 Silicones are exceptional materials used in many industries – from cable manufacturing and automotive applications to electronics and medical sectors. If your company is planning to implement silicone technologies or optimize existing processes, our four specialized online courses will help you gain essential knowledge and avoid mistakes.
🔹 Each course covers a specific topic – you can choose one or multiple courses depending on your company's needs.
🔹 Flexible learning format – video lectures with an AI avatar, additional materials (e-books, PDFs, quizzes), allowing participants to complete the training at their own pace.
🔹 Designed for various industries – ideal for cable manufacturers, elastomer processors, and companies implementing new technologies.
1️⃣ Silicone Processing and Properties
✅ For whom? Companies new to silicone processing or looking to better understand its properties.
🔹 Types of silicones (HTV, LSR, RTV) – properties, applications, and processing differences.
🔹 Silicone curing process – how it works and its significance for the final product.
🔹 Silicone processing technologies – injection molding, extrusion, and forming.
🔹 Raw materials and additives – catalysts, fillers, colorants – their impact on mechanical and thermal properties.
🔹 Storage and stability of materials – how to ensure optimal conditions for silicone raw materials.
🔹 Common production issues and how to avoid them – delamination, air bubbles, curing defects, viscosity changes.
2️⃣ Silicone Extrusion – Technology and Quality Control
✅ For whom? Companies involved in silicone extrusion or planning to implement this technology.
🔹 Fundamentals of silicone extrusion – how it differs from PVC, PE, or PUR extrusion.
🔹 Types of extruders used for silicones – single-screw, twin-screw, and mixing systems.
🔹 Dosing and mixing systems – ensuring consistent material quality.
🔹 Process parameters – temperature, pressure, extrusion speed – how to control them.
🔹 Curing (cross-linking) systems in extrusion – tunnel ovens, UV, platinum catalysts.
🔹 Common defects in silicone extrusion and solutions – air bubbles, uneven texture, delamination.
🔹 Testing the quality of extruded products – methods for evaluating strength, flexibility, and thermal stability.
3️⃣ Silicone Cable Coating – Challenges and Optimization
✅ For whom? Companies manufacturing cables and wires looking to introduce silicone protective coatings.
🔹 Types of silicone cable coating methods – silicone bath, spraying, extrusion.
🔹 Adhesion of silicone to different materials – improving bonding to copper, aluminum, PVC, and other surfaces.
🔹 Surface treatment before coating – plasma treatment, chemical primers, surface activation.
🔹 Impact of process parameters on coating quality – viscosity, temperature, curing time.
🔹 Challenges in silicone cable coating and how to solve them – uneven thickness, cracks, delamination.
🔹 Quality testing of silicone coatings – flexibility, electrical insulation, wear resistance, aging impact.
🔹 Regulations and standards for silicone cables – LSZH (Low Smoke Zero Halogen), fire resistance, automotive and medical standards.
4️⃣ Silicone vs. Plastics – Key Processing Differences
✅ For whom? Companies that have previously manufactured PVC, PE, or PUR cables and are now transitioning to silicone.
🔹 Silicone vs. PVC, PE, and PUR – how does it differ from traditional plastics?
🔹 Differences in extrusion and coating processes – what equipment and process modifications are needed?
🔹 Silicone adhesion to conductors – why is it challenging, and how can it be improved?
🔹 Silicone curing methods – cross-linking in tunnel ovens, UV, platinum catalysts.
🔹 Quality testing for silicone cables – differences in thermal resistance, flexibility, and mechanical strength standards.
🔹 Common mistakes when transitioning to silicone and how to avoid them.
📢 Certification for Participants
After completing the training, participants can take a knowledge quiz:✔ 70% correct answers – receive a course completion certificate.
✔ 90% or more correct answers – receive a certificate with distinction.
📢 Customized Training for Your Company
Our courses are not pre-made training programs – they are custom-designed to meet your company’s specific requirements.
🔹 Flexible learning format – training can be completed at a convenient time, and participants can access additional materials.
🔹 Tailored content – we focus on topics most relevant to your industry.
🔹 Available in multiple languages – if your employees speak different languages, we can prepare the training in your preferred language.
📩 Contact us – we will develop a course perfectly suited to your needs!