Plastics molding for technical applications: The rotational model

It’s very common among industrialists today to require plastic applications to incorporate into their products to reduce weight, improve strength, enhance appearance, or a combination of various mechanical and chemical properties that only plastic materials can offer. However, the most common and well-known technologies, such as injection molding or the emerging 3D printing, are not always satisfactory, as production costs, mold costs, minimum run times, or production capacity are not adequate for the specific needs of most industrial products.

That’s why ABC ROTOMOLDEO strives to promote rotational molding. This technology allows for the manufacture of a wide variety of products in plastic materials, including a huge variety of polyethylene and polypropylene, in short and medium runs. Mold costs are much lower than those of an equivalent injection or blow mold, and production costs and rates are much more favorable than those of 3D printing or additive manufacturing.

The rotational molding process allows for the direct manufacture of hollow parts without the need for welding or joining, allowing products with virtually any geometry to be molded. Furthermore, rotational molding allows for the inclusion of metal elements such as threads, inserts, or reinforcements, which are placed in the mold and integrated directly into the plastic structure, creating highly resistant fasteners and eliminating the need for subsequent machining.

This is why rotational molding is the ideal solution for the manufacture of technical parts for all types of machinery, industrial projects, or technical components such as custom tanks, protective housings, containers, loading hoppers, special conduits, and all types of technical components in general.

The ABC ROTOMOLDEO sales and technical team will be present at the 2020 edition of MetalMadrid and Composites Spain 2020. We invite you to learn more about this technology at their stand or, until then, to meet them at www.abcrotomoldeo.com