How to punch holes in silicone products?

How to punch holes in silicone products? In fact, during the production and design of silicone products, holes are made in advance using molds. There is no need to punch holes after the product is made. However, when using silicone products in daily life, there is a need to add an additional hole. For example, in situations such as punching a hole in a silicone phone case to facilitate the attachment of a phone strap, it may be necessary to drill the silicone product yourself.

 

The material of silicone is very flexible and will not be damaged during normal use, but if the silicone product is damaged or cracked, it can easily tear. Therefore, if you want to drill holes in silicone products, it is easy to damage the silicone products. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not drill holes in silicone products unless it is too necessary.

 

 

Of course, if it is necessary to add a hole in the silicone product under special circumstances, which methods are the most reliable? Here, I will introduce several methods for drilling holes on silicone products:

 

1. Silicone products are not easy to process without tools, and they have a high viscosity. The most common method is to use a punch. If you want to make it manually, you can use an art knife to cut it, but there are certain construction difficulties for small holes and standard circles, requiring manual shaping. To provide a technique, it is easier to first iron through a basic hole with a red-hot metal rod, and then reshape it with an art knife.

 

2. It can be done with lasers, but it is only possible to find professional laser machines. It seems that there are not many people who have this condition. "For us, the size is too large. If we need a medium power laser, there should be melting.".

 

3. "If you don't have tools that are difficult to process, you can try the belt drilling tool. This is just a reference because the belt hole is relatively large. If you need a hole that is different from that produced, this can be used as a reference and you can make your own punching drill bit of the required size.".

 

4. If you only need to punch holes, you can use a punching machine or find someone who can make a knife mold to make a set of knife molds.

 

5. Ordinary machining is OK. Grind a drill bit yourself, it's very easy to use.