First attempt at making a silicone mould for tempeh production. We used a mini-milling machine to mill our design into a block of wax, then poured food grade silicone into it to produce the desired silicone tempeh mould.

Good points

• The result is very promising, we really like it!
• Silicone is easy to clean and safe in a kitchen
• The moulding and casting technique can easily be optimised for higher production.

Bad points

• The container is maybe a bit too flexible
• The container mould was difficult to peel off, we need to find a trick in our design to make this step easier
• The overall result is a bit sticky, maybe the mixing wasn't done properly (ratio 1/1)

Fabrication process

• Milling machine: Roland SRM-20
• Wax block: Ferris File-A-Wax
• Food grade silicon: Feroca Easyl 940-FDA

Pouring silicon

Demoulding