Design and Making Simulation of Molds for Fishing Lure Productions Using Natural Rubber

Fishing is a recently popular sport, where fishing lures or baits are necessary for fishing. Many fishing lures were made from thermoplastics. However, fishing lures can be also made from other materials  with different properties. Natural rubber is one of the interesting materials for use as fishing lures because natural rubber is an economic crop and also has high tensile strength and resilience. This work aims to design and simulate molds to produce natural rubber fishing lures. Asian seabass is the targeted fish of the designed fishing lures and the mullet fish was used as the model of the lures. Two models of fishing lures with different tails were designed and used to draw the casting molds. The results from the simulation of mold forming using showed that the mold surface was smooth as required and the designed molds could be expected to be used in lure productions from the rubber casting. Comparisons of natural rubber for fishing lures with PVC and silicone are also included in
this contribution.