Rotomolding turns the tables
Mark Kearns, a professor at the Queens University Polymer Processing Research Centre in Belfast, North Ireland, laid out 10 such projects in a presentation highlighting rotomolding innovation at the recent Rotoplas (Oct. 22-23; Rosemont Convention Center; Rosemont, IL). The parts highlighted ranged from tables to boat hulls to air ducts for jets, but consistent throughout was the application of advanced rotational molding methodologies like multilayer, multishot, foamed structures; polyethylene blends and micropellets for more complex, difficult-to-mold structures; internal air cooling; in-mold temperature monitoring; molded-in inserts; and inmold graphics, among others. More...
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