Industrial storage bins, water tanks and… lawn flamingos? What do these three products have in common? They all can be produced by rotational molding companies. If rotational molding could be described in one word, that word would be “versatile.” Rotational molding can be used to meet the needs of all kinds of different industrial and commercial operations. Rotomolding can be used for the creation of heavy-duty industrial storage tanks and bins, and it can be used for the Continue reading
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Rotational Molding Manufacturers’ Production Stages
Rotational Molding Specializations and Embellishments

Rotationally molded products image courtesy of MOD Custom Plastic Rotomolding.
It’s easy to grasp how the rotomolding process works. An open casting is made, plastic is inserted, the casting is closed, the plastic is melted, the casting is rotated, the plastic forms around the contours of the casting, the plastic cools, the casting is opened, the product is finished. Simple, right? Well, maybe. Goodness knows if someone told me, “Make a rotomolding casting!” I wouldn’t know where or how to start. But I don’t want to talk about the actual molding part of Continue reading
Rotomolding and Innovation

Rotomolding image courtesy of Dakota Molding.
The industrial revolution is continuous, and we are still experiencing it. I don’t mean to diminish the momentousness of those first decades of the human experience of industry. The jolts and growing pains of that time truly are history. But what we continue to learn about industry is that to be truly industrious is to be innovative; industry leaders become leaders by learning to adapt to changes in the Continue reading
Bragging About Rotomolded Products

Rotomolding image courtesy of Quality Industries, LLC.
If you ask a producer of rotomolded products why you should choose rotational molding over another plastic forming process, you’re likely to be in for a long talking-to. Rotational molding companies all seem to share in common their recognition of the efficiency and economy of the rotational molding process. Ask a handful of rotomolding companies and you’ll probably hear the same points over and Continue reading
The Benefits Rotational Molders Offer
Rotational molders offer an important service that often cannot be fulfilled by other plastic forming processes. Rotational molding can be used for the creation of large products that couldn’t necessarily be created by blow molding or injection molding. But in addition to meeting demands for products that other processes can’t Continue reading
Roto Moulders Play Important Roles in Industry
Why are there so many plastic formation processes? It’s true that there is some overlap as far as which machines are capable of which processes. An injection molding machine, for example, could be used to produce a small, solid plastic rod, but an extrusion machine would be the more likely, sensible candidate because extruders are designed specifically for the creation of continuous profiles like rods and Continue reading
The Rotomold’s Importance to Industry
Rotomolding is one of the easiest plastic formation processes for me to get my head around. Extrusion is a close second – there’s not much left to the imagination when it comes to that process. But rotomolding seems like it could have been thought up by a second grader. I’m imagining the inventor of the rotomold playing in a sandbox as a young child, packing sand into a bucket and then Continue reading
Plastic Rotational Moldings and Recycling
I am fortunate to live in a city with an excellent recycling program. Our city has managed to build up a single-stream recycling system, which means that residents are issued single bins into which all of their plastic, metal and glass recyclables can be loaded at once. The service runs once every other week, and here’s the best part: it’s free. The big plastic bins are Continue reading
The Importance of Rotomolded Tanks
I was born and grew up in the United States, and I’ve lived in suburban contexts my whole life. One of the things I never noticed until I traveled outside of North America was how many of the amenities that I’ve become accustomed to – running water, access to home heating fuels, electricity – seem to just be there. They’re available as if out of nowhere. Gas supply pipes are usually buried, electrical lines are visible but so ordinary that they’re easy to ignore and water is always ready to Continue reading