SET FOR BOARD GAMES

Authors: TEREZA BLAŽEVIĆ, ZDENKA BRLEK

Country: Croatia

e-mail: Zdenka.brlek@gmail.com

– The set contains six figurines of different colors and shapes: apple, pear, carrot, ice cream, bottle, muffin

– Technical solution of figurines, size of figurines, blueprint, tool making, product making

– Production and manufacture of silicone figurines, it is food-grade silicone (it is an extremely complex process that needs to be done in several stages during production in order to obtain a product that meets all EU norms and standards). The hardness of the silicone is very important, the designs of the figurines must be adapted to the product due to deviations in the production of the product. Tool making is complicated due to the mentioned technical and other properties. The tool is made of stainless steel in order to avoid unwanted chemical reactions (product contamination, rust…) the production of the product must go through several stages of vulcanization at various temperatures in order for the product to meet all the necessary characteristics and standards prescribed in the EU. The grammage of silicone must be determined for each figurine and it must be manually prepared for further processing (the figurines are of various shapes and colors), i.e. making in the tool, vulcanization in the machine at high temperature, re-vulcanization in the chamber at high temperature and finally stabilization of the product.

– They can be used in different games.