====== Dragon Skin 30 ======

Dragon Skin 30 is sturdy silicone by Smooth-On company and is harder than [[soft-robotics:silicones:ecoflex30|Ecoflex-30]]. It is widely used as the [[soft-robotics:actuator-layers|body layer]] of [[soft-robotics:fast-pneunet|Fast PneuNet]] actuators. 

We have used it also as the [[soft-robotics:actuator-layers|base layer]] of [[soft-robotics:slow-pneunets|Slow PneuNet]] actuators

===== Material properties =====
  * Hardness: Shore A 30
  * Pot life: 45 mins 	
  * Curing time (Room temprature): 16 hrs

===== Oven Curing =====

We have found the following approximate curing times:

^ Mold      ^ Temperature       ^ Time          ^
| [[soft-robotics:molds:fast-bending-actuator|Fast Bending Actuator]]    | 65c     | ~35 mins        |
| [[soft-robotics:molds:gripper|Gripper]]    | 65c     | ~30mins        |

===== External links =====
  * [[https://www.smooth-on.com/products/dragon-skin-30/|Official Smooth-On product page]]