WYD
Shenzhen · since 2006
WYD manufactures custom silicone molds and finished silicone components from drawings, samples and design concepts. Tell us what you need to make, how it will be used and the quantity required. We will review the design and suitable manufacturing route before quoting tooling and production.
Since 2006
Bao'an plant, Shenzhen
MOQ 20
Soft trays after sample approval
USD 50
Basic 3D modeling. Complex work quoted separately.
DFM Review
Before tooling is cut
Bao'an plant floor
Labeled walkthrough of the WYD Bao'an plant. Quote from the drawing, the process and the CTQ — not from a collage.
Size sheet, then the 3D confirm
Most jobs start from one sheet, not a tool. You send the idea and the sizes you care about. We draw the options on one page: piece size, cavity count, and the mold envelope, marked approximate so you can change them. On this wax-melt job the sheet holds three 6-cavity trays: mini about 45 × 37 mm, regular about 60 × 50 mm, and an oval 55 × 75 mm. That page is what we negotiate before anyone opens a 3D file.
The worry we hear is the same: the factory will pour silicone off a concept, and the fingers come back the wrong thickness. After the sheet, we send a dimensioned 3D. On this oval the check file labels A 6.93, B 10.07, and C 13.05, and the piece envelope is 51.755 × 75.030 × 13 mm, hanging hole included. Layout and silicone start after that confirm, not before it.
Three final sheets sit behind that check. They are not one block scaled three ways: oval 205 × 185 × 18 mm, a second sheet 176 × 110 × 18 mm, and the plain hand 230 × 145 × 18 mm. Buyer name and the quotation stay off the site. The write-up is the ILY hand wax-melt case.
High-detail cavities
These square wells are WYD silicone molds: a coiled dragon, a tiger face, and phoenix relief. Hair, scale edges, and tail barbs are the check. A shallow cavity looks fine in a render and comes out smooth. An undercut that is too tight tears the line off on demold.
The short is the dragon well in the hand. Lines burned onto the clip are not a specification. The same family — dragon, tiger, crane, and phoenix — is written up with stills on the relief-set case. Primary pour on that job is plaster and ointment craft. Name chocolate, ice, or resin on the RFQ before we treat the well as a food or resin tool.
Current packing lot
These are WYD molds from a current lot. The rose sheet has to keep petal lines. The round wells carry a center character inside a key-fret ring. Bagged stacks are the round family leaving the table.
Piece count, Shore, and the pour stay on the job sheet. Send the artwork if you want a matching cavity. Craft and relief work starts at custom craft molds.
Choose the deliverable
Choose a flexible mold for casting or food production, or a finished silicone part for your product. Each route has different design, tooling and sample requirements.
Choose this path when the item you need to receive is the flexible mold or tray you will use to make something else.
Depending on geometry, quantity and use, a project may use an RTV master-based mold-making route or an HCR/HTV compression-molded production tray.
Choose this path when the item you need to receive is the final silicone component or assembled product.
The manufacturing route may be HCR/HTV compression molding, LSR injection molding, overmolding, extrusion or another project-specific process. A 3D-print or CNC sample is prototype. The steel or aluminum production mold is tooling - quote them as separate lines.
A useful custom mold starts with the process that will happen inside the cavity.
For a gummy tray, the important questions may be target piece weight, cavity pitch, depositor layout and demolding. For an ice mold, loaded-tray support and frozen release matter. A detailed resin or plaster figure may need a split RTV mold and a rigid support shell rather than a simple open tray.
That is why WYD does not treat every “silicone mold” as the same product.
For food applications, start with the material being deposited, frozen, or baked; cavity count; target portion; tray envelope; and any production equipment constraints. The same list covers chocolate, baking, soap, and candle.
Line decisions
The short is molded parts in a plant crate. Name casting mold, tray, or OEM part before you compare unit price.
The short is a black multi-cavity tray on the plant table. Finish and draft decide the dump more than a catalog Shore.
The short is finished multi-cavity trays on the plant bench. Silicone fits when weight, release, and tray span have to hold.
The short is the silicone mold, about ten seconds. Silicone fits when the candy shape has to flex out.
A clean cavity that still sticks is draft, Shore, or logo depth. A chalked tray after the wash is the wash.
Share the outer frame only when the line already shares it. Do not share one cavity design across both cooks.
Hot wash or bite time starts as silicone. A dry low-heat clip can stay TPE, and that is not our tool.
A depositor tray and a mogul board are different plants. Do not switch because a photo looks cleaner.
Three shapes on one pitch can share a frame. Three pitches are three tools.
Ask which compound and which market. A factory sticker is not the test.
A tray that is flat empty can curl once it is full and in the oven. Support the span before you add cavities.
A tear at a wax return needs a split or a shallower lip. A softer Shore is not the first fix. Soap is a different tool.
What we manufacture
From custom silicone trays and molds to molded OEM components, we support product development, tooling and repeat production for food, consumer and industrial applications.
Custom multi-cavity silicone molds and trays for gummy, chocolate, ice, baking and other food applications. Shape, cavity count, logo, piece weight and tray size can be developed around your production requirements.
HCR/HTV silicone parts manufactured with CNC-machined production tooling for repeat production. Suitable for trays, kitchenware, seals, covers, grips and other molded silicone components.
Liquid silicone rubber molding for parts that require controlled geometry, thin sections, repeatability or higher-volume production.
Silicone molded over plastic, metal or other inserts where grip, sealing, protection or integrated function is required.
Custom gaskets, seals, keypads, protective covers and engineered silicone parts developed from drawings, samples or existing components.
Custom silicone tubing, profiles and continuous extruded components for industrial, equipment and product applications.
Plant visits
Arrange a plant visit to review representative molds, silicone parts and inspection methods with the WYD team. Share your project requirements in advance so the discussion can focus on the process and samples relevant to your order.
Sample review and a walk of press and inspection before production release.
The team and the soft-vs-steel bench on the same floor.
Our Shenzhen factory
Engineering, tooling, molding and inspection sit in one manufacturing workflow. Process capability for a specific job is confirmed against the drawing or sample before tooling.
CAD modeling or modification, parting-line planning, cavity layout and tooling preparation before production.
Steel tools stored by job number for compression-molded silicone products and production trays.
HCR/HTV silicone molding for custom trays, parts and repeat production.
Liquid silicone molding for parts requiring controlled geometry and repeatability.
Trim and press stations on the same floor as compounding and inspection.
Dimensional, visual and application-specific checks based on the approved sample and project requirements.
Process selection
The process should follow the product requirement—not the other way around.
A common route for many solid silicone parts, trays, seals, covers, grips and other molded components. Tooling, parting lines, flash-sensitive areas and demolding are reviewed before production.
Learn more →LSR can be appropriate when the selected liquid silicone system, geometry, thin sections, insert requirements or production program justify an injection-molding route.
Learn more →Used where silicone must be integrated with a plastic or metal substrate for grip, sealing, protection or another defined function. Insert location and retention must be engineered as part of the product.
Learn more →Used for continuous tubing, cord and profile geometries where the cross-section, material and dimensional requirements suit an extrusion process.
Learn more →Evidence
A custom manufacturing website should give you more than claims such as “high quality” or “professional factory.”
Before placing a tooling or production order, buyers should ask to review evidence relevant to their project, such as:
For material or regulatory documentation, the evidence should match the selected silicone compound, intended application and target market. A generic certificate should not be treated as proof that every silicone product is suitable for every use.
Engineering example
A custom project often starts with a physical master rather than a finished production drawing. In this public plant case, one detailed mantis-shrimp shape was scanned (bbox 85.087 × 31.493 × 12.800 mm), converted into usable geometry, then arranged into a 6 × 5 cavity layout on a 450 × 250 mm tray.
The important engineering work was not simply duplicating the shape 30 times. We had to check cavity spacing, wall strength, demolding access and the overall tray envelope before releasing the layout for production.
Buyer note
“I did. I like some of them a lot. The really small ones and the cubes I like. The hearts are too shallow, but that's my fault. I didn't look at the specifications. I'll probably be ordering some more. Thank you.”
Ari · LinkedIn message to Kyler Yang · gummy silicone molds
Cavity depth is a written spec. If a heart, cube or mini piece must hit a fill height, lock that millimetre on the RFQ before the next tray - do not guess from a photo of an empty cavity.
From idea to production
You do not need to have a perfect production drawing before starting a supplier review.
A STEP/STP file is useful, but a project can also begin with a 2D drawing, physical sample, measured photos, artwork or reference images.
Tell us what the mold or silicone part must do. Fit, sealing, demolding, target piece weight, tray stiffness, insert retention or another function may be more important than a non-critical dimension.
DFM identifies manufacturing risk. CAD/3D work creates or changes geometry. They are related but not the same service.
Learn more →A prototype is a sample to verify the design - size, feel, fit - usually 1 to a few pieces (3D print, CNC, or a soft sample). It is not the production mold.
Learn more →Tooling is the production mold (steel or aluminum): parting line, runner, vent, gate, cavity count. Quote it as a separate line from the sample. Then freeze the approved production reference.
Learn more →Before repeat production, confirm the approved drawing or CAD revision, silicone material, color, critical dimensions, functional checks and other project-specific acceptance criteria.
Learn more →Materials & documentation
Material selection depends on what the finished mold or part will contact, the service temperature, flexibility required, mechanical load, color, expected use cycle and target market.
For food-contact projects, documentation should be confirmed for the selected silicone compound and intended use. A raw material report is not a blanket statement that every finished silicone product is suitable for every food-contact application.
Ask us about the documentation required for your specific material, market and use condition.
Quality control
For custom projects, quality control should follow the function of the product rather than rely on one generic inspection checklist.
Typical checks may include:
The approved sample can be used as the production reference where appropriate.
FAQ
Start with the right information
You do not need every answer before contacting us. Send what is already known:
If some items are still open, identify them as open. The first review should separate what is already fixed from what must be resolved before tooling.
For a mold project, include the casting or food process and cavity requirements. For a finished silicone product, include the part function, quantity and any mating components.
