Abstract: To manufacture high quality, fine pored silicone foam parts by the injection molding process, two reaction components A and B are used. They both contain a silicone polymer and fumed silica. The component A also contains a complexed organo-platinum catalyst and a small portion of water, whereas the other component B contains as a crosslinker polydimethyl hydrogen siloxane.At least one of the two components A and B of the mixture is pressurized with a gas, preferably air or nitrogen, in a pressure container so that the gas is dissolved into the component(s). The components A and B are mixed in the pressure process, injected into an injection mold, and heated so that the foaming process forms the silicone foam part.

Abstract: A process for producing a high quality silicone foam by free foaming, in which a two-component addition crosslinking system is used, comprised of a component A which contains a silicone polymer having at least two double bonds per molecule, preferably vinyl groups, a complexed organo-platinum for example with butanol, fumed silica, and water, as well as further additives, if appropriate, and a component B which contains a silicone polymer having at least two double bonds per molecule, preferably vinyl groups, fumed silica, and polydimethyl hydrogen siloxane as SiH crosslinking agent. The two components A and B are mixed, and the reaction mixture is subsequently pressurized, preferably using compressed air or nitrogen, in a storage vessel over several hours so that the gas is present in the mixture in a dissolved form.