Tooling & Automation
Full-Service from the Technology Leader
Customized solutions from design to the manufacture of complex injection molds—always precise, innovative, and reliable.
As a full-service partner, we support you right from the start of the development phase. With more than 30 years of experience in toolmaking, RICO offers production-oriented part design improvements and builds custom silicone and multi-component molds.
RICO is one of the leading manufacturers of multi-component tools and is known for meeting the demands of challenging applications with high requirements and extremely tight tolerances.
Toolmaking Services
LSR and HTV Injection Molding Molds
RICO develops and manufactures high-precision LSR and HTV injection molding tools for demanding mass-production applications.
Multi-component tools
RICO specializes in multi-component molds that enable complex material combinations in a single, precise injection molding process.
Smartline & Topline
These innovative tooling concepts offer numerous advantages for the manufacture of elastomer products and set new standards in the industry.
Automation
Automation solutions integrated directly into toolmaking ensure efficient, reliable, and fully automated manufacturing processes.
Turnkey Systems
Perfectly coordinated turnkey solutions combining tooling, automation, and process integration—all from a single source.
Maintenance & Services
We can service and re-calibrate every tool we've ever built.
Advantages of RICO Tools
Perfect Injection-Molded Parts: With RICO molds, you can produce injection-molded parts with minimal flash, no scrap, and no need for post-processing.
High number of cavities and reduced setup times thanks to the master mold concept
Full-Service Maintenance: You’ll continue to receive excellent support even after delivery. We offer tool maintenance, as well as the supply of replacement and standard parts.
Comprehensive Automation Solutions: Customers receive tailored automation solutions based on their needs and product requirements, which go beyond traditional toolmaking.
Silicone and Multi-Component Molds
Customized, fully automated, and ready for use
We build and automate injection molding tools for the manufacture of silicone products using single- and multi-component technology.
RICO specializes intoolingforthe processing ofliquid (LSR) and solid(HTV)silicone materials and is an expert inmulti-component injection molding technology.
Asa technology leader in 2K injection molding, wedevelopsolutions featuring high cavity counts, fully automated production, reduced cycle times, and short setup times.
RICO automation solutions alsoenabletheovermolding of inserts.
All tooling and automation solutions are tailored to meet each customer's specific needs and cover the entireinjection molding process through to the final, inspected, and packaged part. Customers can eliminate the need for assembly and packaging steps.
256-cavity mold for individual conductor seals
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256-cavity mold for the mass production of single-conductor seals made of liquid silicone
- 12-second cycle time, 0.6 g per cavity, 130 metric tons of clamping force
- Extremely compact → high productivity per square meter
- Waste-free, self-balancing RICO cold runner
- High process reliability, flexible handling, 0-ppm strategy
- Stable thermal conditions & maximum efficiency through parallel processes
Our Industries
Our diverse mix of industries and the fact that we handle both tooling and injection molding production for our customers make us a particularly reliable business partner with comprehensive industry expertise.
