Ibibumbano bya silicone bikoreshwa cyane mubikorwa byo gukora inganda, kubuvuzi, no kubyara ibihangano kubera guhangana cyane nubushyuhe bwo hejuru kandi buke, kurwanya gusaza, hamwe na elastique nziza. Uburyo bwabo bwoguhindura bushingiye cyane cyane kumyitwarire ya silicone ya silicone (LSR) cyangwa ubushyuhe bwicyumba cya silicone rubber (RTV). Intambwe yibanze zirimo gutegura ibikoresho bibisi, kuvanga, gutesha agaciro, no gukiza.
Ubwa mbere, hitamo ibikoresho bya silicone bikwiye, mubisanzwe ibice bibiri - (igice A kirimo vinyl siloxane nigice B kirimo hydrogène siloxane) cyangwa igice kimwe - (pre - kivanze hanyuma ubushyuhe bwicyumba bwarashize). Ibigize A na B bivanze muburyo bukwiye. Ingano ya catalizator yongeweho igira ingaruka itaziguye. Cataliseri ya platine ikoreshwa muburyo bwo guteza imbere reaction ya silicon - hydrogène ihuza amatsinda ya vinyl. Mugihe cyo kuvanga, isuku y ibidukikije igomba kugenzurwa cyane kugirango hirindwe umwanda kugira ingaruka mbi.
Nyuma yo kuvanga bahuje ibitsina, degassing irakorwa, akenshi ikoresha vacuum degassing kugirango ikureho ibibyimba byatangijwe mugihe cyo kuvanga no kwemeza neza, inenge - yubusa. Rubber yangiritse noneho yinjizwa mu cyuho. Ukurikije uburyo bwo kurunga, hashobora gukoreshwa ubushyuhe bwicyumba cyangwa ubushyuhe bukabije. Ubushyuhe bwo mucyumba bwarunguye silicone reberi (RTV-2) buhoro buhoro bukira kuri dogere 25 bitewe nigikorwa cya catalizator, bisaba gukira igihe kirekire ariko koroshya inzira. Ubushyuhe bwo hejuru bwa silicone rubber (HTV) hamwe nubwoko bumwe na bumwe bwa RTV-1 busaba gushyuha kugeza kuri dogere 100-150 kugirango byihute guhuza no kugabanya igihe cyo kubumba.
Nyuma yo gukira, ifu ya silicone reberi ikurwa mubibumbano. Gukoporora neza birashobora kugera kuri .05 0,05mm, bigatuma bikwirakwira neza ibice byubatswe. Inzira zigezweho nazo zirimo kuzuza (nka silika) kugirango zongere imbaraga zumukanishi cyangwa kumenyekanisha ibintu bya fluorescent kugirango bifashe kugenzura ubuziranenge. Gukomeza kunoza tekinoroji ya silicone rubber mold synthesis ikora itera kwaguka kwayo mubice bigenda bigaragara nka prototyping yihuta na microfluidic chip.
