Engineering

United Silicone´s engineering team has a combined total of over 130 years of hot stamp, heat transfer and heat seal expertise.  What sets us apart is our complete dedication and focus on your decorating challenge. Our team of electrical and mechanical engineers collaborate with you to identify and develop the best standard or custom solution to your unique challenge.

Tooling Department

Highly repeatable product decoration starts with the holding fixtures. United Silicone´s incredibly talented fixtures team (with a combined 218 years of experience) have built our reputation as the market leader in high-precision holding fixtures. We work with 3D software to efficiently design and create consistent molds, machine engraved dies, and reliable nesting fixtures for decorating and heat seal applications.

Artwork/Customer Service

Experts in our art studio have an average of over 25 years experience creating artwork for hundreds of applications. Whether you have just a concept or completed artwork, our team will work closely with you to turn your vision into hot stamp reality.

 

Armed with the very latest in design software and technology, we translate your artwork into high performing silicone and metal hot stamping dies. Our art development services include concept consulting, art modification, functional design, film development and full proofs.

Die Department

United Silicone has the largest die capacity in the market. In addition to standard dies, we are a market-leader in the creation custom die solutions.

Our unique-in-the-market tool-less Magnetic Quick-Change Die Mounting System generates significant time and cost savings while our texture application capabilities eliminate voids caused by air entrapment. Our Die Team regularly produce high performance dies with superior efficiency.

Roller Department

New rollers or recoats for existing cores, our Silicone Rubber Roller Team carefully engineers and crafts rollers for optimal performance in each unique application. We offer the largest range of sizes and durometers in the market. Our rollers provide market-leading silicone-to-metal bond and thermal conductivity.

Our new advanced CNC system allows us to digitally profile contoured roller applications. The resulting unprecedented precision ensures superior repeatability

Additionally we surface grind each roller to ensure precise OD and TIR measurements as well as a smooth surface finish.

Sheet Department

United Silicone provides a market-leading range of sheet sizes and options for a range of heat tolerances, tensile strengths, hardness requirements and other key performance elements. Our sheet formulations have been designed for superior thermal properties and compression resistance.

In addition to hot stamping, heat transfer and heat seal applications, our Silicone Sheets are an attractive option for machine shops looking to benefit from a flexible yet non-marring, non-skid material

Our team can find the optimal sheet for your application.

Technical Support

The breadth and depth of our hot stamp, heat transfer and heat seal expertise (our support team has more than 130 years combined experience) makes United Silicone a go-to resource for comprehensive technical support.  In addition to spare part services and onsite technical support, we are here to assist you via email, telephone and remote diagnostic tools.  We understand the challenging demands of your market and aim to provide market-leading technical support when you need it, how you need it.

Service

Ready to travel with short notice to assist with training, troubleshooting, and application issues our service personnel travel with the support and expertise of the entire team behind them.

Equipment

Building equipment ranging from manually operated machines to automated decorating systems, our expert Mechanical Assemblers, Electricians and Mechatronic Technicians are ready to assemble your next reliable decorating system.

Optimal Solution Identification Team

We are ready. We are listening. We know how to move quickly to get the best results for your unique product decorating challenge.

Our Optimal Solution Identification team will find the road map to turn your unique application needs into a viable, repeatable solution.

Our Customer Service Experts have an average of over 20 years experience each in earning Trusted Partner for Product Decoration status with our customers.

Purchasing

Our ability to deliver top quality products with quick turnaround is in large part due to the efforts of our talented purchasing team.

Office Management

Accounting, Human Resources and other important departments take care of behind-the-scenes items that make our engineering services possible. They are a key player in our drive to live up to our Trusted Partner aspiration.

Operations Management

Joe Fisher applies decades of manufacturing leadership experience in helping the United Silicone team live up to their strategic goal of serving as a Trusted Partner for product decoration.

Leadership

Jennifer Perr is the General Manager of the ITW Industrial Decorating Solutions (IDS) Division.

She pulls from her more than 25 years of Senior-level leadership and from her diverse background in marketing, operations, innovation, sustainability, and sales management to help ensure that ITW UNITED SILICONE and our sister companies – ITW CER, ITW TRANSTECH and ITW MORLOCK are able to deliver on our pledge to be a Trusted Partner for Product Decoration.

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