Self-lubricating silicone has strong comprehensive performance and huge room for future industry growth.

Self-lubricating silicone, also known as oil-emitting silicone, oil-releasing silicone, and self-lubricating silicone rubber, refers to silicone products prepared by adding special lubricating oil materials to silicone rubber materials. According to different production processes, self-lubricating silica gel can be divided into two categories: solid self-lubricating silica gel and liquid self-lubricating silica gel. Common self-lubricating silicone products currently on the market mainly include self-lubricating silicone O-rings, self-lubricating silicone Y-rings, self-lubricating silicone sealing flat washers, self-lubricating silicone rings, etc.

Compared with conventional silicone rubber, self-lubricating silicone rubber has the advantages of good sealing effect, long service life, superior lubrication performance, good processing performance, high surface finish, strong wear resistance, strong electrical insulation, and good compression resistance. It is widely used in automobiles, medical care, machinery, electronics, aerospace, defense industry, wearable devices and other fields.

Among them, automobile and medical are the main application fields of self-lubricating silicone. In the medical field, self-lubricating silicone is often used to make core components of medical devices and materials, including medical diaphragms, needleless valves, slit valves, duckbill valves, O-rings, stops, dynamic seals, connection washers, etc. ; In the automotive field, self-lubricating silicone is mainly used in automotive headlights, oil filters, bearing seals, shock absorbers, wiring harness connectors, hydraulic plugs and other product manufacturing scenarios, and the market development space is relatively broad.

With the current expansion of the application field of self-lubricating silicone, its market size continues to expand, and the industry shows good development prospects. However, due to factors such as technical standards that have not been unified, market space has not been fully developed, and industry standards have not been established, my country’s self-lubricating silicone market penetration rate is still relatively low. In the future, local self-lubricating silicone companies will need to increase product promotion efforts and accelerate the improvement of technology levels and product performance. There is huge room for industry growth.

According to the “Self-lubricating Silicone Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, At this stage, domestic self-lubricating silicone companies mainly include Wana Special Silicone Materials, Huadai Silicone, Meifu Rubber Products, Jinwang Technology, Shanzhen Industrial, Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, etc. The number of companies is small, and most of them are small and medium-sized. Enterprises and industries are still in the early stages of development.

Industry analysts said that self-lubricating silicone is an upgraded product of ordinary silicone rubber, which has better sealing effect and longer service life. Longer service life, stronger comprehensive performance and higher application advantages. Currently, driven by the rapid development of the automotive and medical industries, the application scenarios of self-lubricating silicone continue to expand, the market development space continues to expand, and the industry shows a good development trend. However, the domestic self-lubricating silicone industry is still in its early stages of development. In the future, as its performance continues to be upgraded and its advantages continue to highlight, its market penetration rate needs to be improved.