Imagine working with a team of highly innovative product designers to manufacture your products in an environmentally-friendly manner. Sounds awesome, right? Now imagine if those products were not only more affordable but also more durable, flexible and economical to make.

Introducing rotational moulding – the revolutionary plastics technology you need!

Rotational moulding is a modern method that allows manufacturers to produce extremely durable plastic products, like water tanks and agricultural products, with minimum design constraints. The process involves melting plastic until it takes the shape of your mould. With careful design and engineering, exceptional thicknesses control can be achieved using this method.

There are many design advantages when it comes to rotational moulding. From fast set up to small batch production capabilities, design versatility and impressive manufacturing times. In fact, the method of rotomoulding is so popular that it has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the plastics industry in the last ten years.

Here are just a few of the advantages you get when you manufacture your products with rotomoulding:

1. Meeting unpredictable production demand

One of the biggest design advantages of rotomoulding is fast manufacturing times. Swift and efficient processes make it possible to meet unpredictable production demand and produce small or large batches of quality product at a quick rate. This helps to minimise stock holding issues and saves you money, time and storage space, thereby making the method more affordable than fiberglass, injection, vacuum and blow moulding methods.

2. Design versatility

Polyethylene can withstand high temperatures over a prolonged period of time. This means it can maintain stability while being moulded into your desired shape. Rotomoulding with plastic allows you to create products without weld lines in a variety of styles, colours and surface finishes. The method can also accommodate for particular design elements, like logos, recesses, spouts and bosses. You can even achieve speckled or metallic effects by mixing in different coloured plastic pellets.

3. Lighter products

One of the best reasons for choosing rotomoulding for your products is that plastic is a lot lighter and easier to install and transport. For example, our rainwater tanks can be easily rolled, lifted, and put in place quickly and efficiently by a small team. This means you can hire fewer warehouse operators and you don’t have to spend money on expensive, heavy machinery to lift your products on and off trucks. Plastic will speed up your delivery times and make movement around your warehouse easier and more efficient.

4. Decrease your environmental impact

The process of rotomoulding is an environmentally-friendly one. No chemicals or dangerous toxins are released during production. There is also less material wastage compared to manufacturing with other materials, like metal or concrete. It takes less fuel to make products with plastic, and the plastic is 100% recyclable so that you can lower your carbon footprint. With every plastic product that’s recycled, the amount of raw materials being mined from the earth is reduced. It’s a win-win for everyone!

5. Durable and flexible material

At Global Tanks, our roto-moulded products are made from UV stabilised polyethylene. This means they’re protected from harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun, which can typically cause other products to fade and degrade over time. This is a design advantage that is perfect for Aussie companies who manufacture products that are designed for outdoor use. Plastic is also rust and corrosion resistant, which means your products will have a longer lifespan, leading to happier and loyal customers!

Are you interested in manufacturing a product with rotomoulding? Have a brilliant idea that you think will change the world? Call us today on 1800 666 333, or send us an online enquiry.

Are you looking to create a custom product out of plastic? You’ll be considering injection or rotational moulding as two prominent options for manufacturing. So which one should you choose? We break down the best options for particular types of products and projects.

Recognising the right method

Here at Global Rotomoulding, we’ve undergone our fair share of custom rotational moulding projects. This includes assisting in the design phase, toolmaking, prototyping and manufacturing of a product. As veterans in the art of plastic moulding, we have a keen eye for recognising what method will produce the best results for your design. In fact, on many of our custom projects, we have outsourced injection moulding services in order to make smaller or more intricate parts of specific products.

Our collaboration with Trailers 2000 to make the TuffMate2000 Trailer required accessories that were injection moulded to complete the product within budget. Attempting to manufacture these small parts by using rotational moulding wouldn’t have made sense, as the parts themselves were not hollow; a main requirement for rotomoulding. At Global, we’re dedicated to finding the most cost-effective and efficient way to assist our clients in completing their project.

What types of products are ideal for rotational moulding?

Rotational moulding can be used to make anything that’s hollow on the inside. It’s also typically suited to large-scale products such as water tanks and livestock troughs. The fact that there are no joints in these larger products means that their structural integrity is much sturdier without adding more weight to the overall product. They’re less likely to crack or cave under pressure as a result.

A few other products that can be made using rotational moulding include:

• Containers (from a storage container to a shipping container)
• Children’s play equipment
• Pallets
• Septic Tanks
• Recycling units
• Water filtration systems
• Fuel tanks
• Medical products such as stretchers, paramedics cases and casings for medical equipment.
• Pontoons
• Kayaks

What types of products are ideal for injection moulding?

Injection moulding is best for intricate, small parts such as screws and rods. It’s often used to make children’s toys and produce large run’s of a product at a low cost.

A few other products that can be made using rotational moulding include:

• Car interiors
• Phones
• Lego
• Bottle caps
• Combs
• Musical instruments
• Medical instruments

The best of both worlds

Do you have a custom design that would benefit from both rotational and injection moulding techniques? Global can assist you in building it using these two moulding methods to ensure a sturdy, reliable and budget friendly product. Contact us today to find out more.

Are you looking to manufacture a short run of a new plastic product? Need help with the design and prototyping? Global Rotomoulding offer turnkey services that can assist you in creating and producing the perfect product.

But what makes Global Rotomoulding better than other rotomoulding companies around Brisbane? Read on to find out!

There every step of the process.

Here at Global Rotomoulding, we don’t just manufacture your design; we help you build it. We know the ins and outs of rotomoulding like the back of our hands, and can recommend ways to produce your product with plastic that will improve its durability and stability. We’ll be there to assist during the concept design stages, through to tool design and prototyping. Heck, we even deliver your product right to your door and help you assemble it!

Focus on bespoke services.

While Global can source offshore manufacturers for large runs of products, what we enjoy most is being able to provide bespoke services. Many big factories won’t assist you to create and manufacture a one-off product or a specialised, short run. But we love it when our customers come to us with product ideas that we can really nut out!

Sometimes our customers simply come to us with a problem that needs resolving, such as our collaboration with Booth Transport. Booth Transport asked us to manufacture a sturdy toolbox that wouldn’t rust as they found that their hose reels would leak in their vehicles, resulting in expedited corrosion. So we worked with them to come up with a toolbox that would house their hoses without spreading rust around the vehicles.

Largest oven in the Southern Hemisphere.

Speaking of bespoke services, Global owns the largest rotomoulding oven in the Southern Hemisphere! You can rest assured that if you want to create a large-scale product, we’ve got you covered. We know that a lot of agricultural equipment, in particular, can be on the sizeable side. In fact, we frequently manufacture large cartage and rainwater tanks that can hold up to 45 000 litres of liquid!

We’ve also dappled in a few seriously large custom products, too, such as our collaboration with Vinidex to make the whopping AquaPro. The AquaPro is a commercial, underground water storage system with a capacity of over one million litres! We manufactured several parts for this project that all fit together like one giant jigsaw puzzle.

If you want to manufacture more of your product (because you’re so happy with it!) the good news is that we have seven ovens that can easily do the job.

Stacks of experience.

Global have been in the rotomoulding biz for 20 years and know a thing or two about how plastic and rotomoulding work together. We’ve worked on a range of custom designs and are always keen for a fresh challenge! We aren’t just your manufacturing provider; we’re also your product consultants, concept designers and tool making specialists. Contact us today to discuss your latest product, and how rotational moulding can make it the best it can be.

Rotational moulding, or rotomoulding for short, is a plastics manufacturing method with many design advantages. In fact, the method has become so popular in the last decade, that it’s now one of the fastest growing sectors in the plastics industry.

“Rotomolding offers tremendous design flexibility, the ability to do short runs economically and in multiple custom colours, and it makes complicated shapes easily … the tooling costs are low, which means moulds are inexpensive … it’s ideal for low-volume production and product testing.”
– Dave Carter, President of RotoMould Inc.

Huge potential for plastic products

Rotomoulding has a long reputation as the best method for manufacturing polyethylene water tanks. However, recently, many manufacturers have started using the process to create plastic products for a wide range of other industries. From medical products to furniture, automotive and marine parts, agricultural tools, playgrounds, industrial garbage bins and more – the opportunities are endless!

Here are just a few of the design advantages of using rotomoulding for your next manufacturing project:

Greater durability

Rotomoulded products are made from one piece of hollow plastic, rather than welding or bolting together several parts. This means that your products are less likely to fall apart due to weak joints or corroded weld lines.

Consistent wall thickness

The application of molten plastic is very precise, which means you can create a consistent wall thickness around your products. This reinforces the product’s strength and hardiness, even at corners and defined angles.

Wide range of shapes

Plastic is a very versatile and flexible material. You can make virtually any type of custom shape or design with it. Additionally, the rotomoulding process allows for complex shapes that are very difficult to make with other materials.

Lighter weight

Plastic products are lighter than other materials such as metal, wood or concrete. This results in cheaper transportation costs, easier and less expensive installation because not as many people are required, and products that are easier to lift for the end user.

Lower production costs

Rotomoulding is a very cost efficient manufacturing method because the moulds are inexpensive to make and the process is highly scalable. Products are made using a single mould, which can be reused multiple times. Plastic is also a very cheap material to source.

Resistant to rust, corrosion and UV rays

One of the biggest design advantages of plastic is that it doesn’t rust or corrode like steel. Global’s products are also boosted by UV stabilisers, which help to protect them from harmful UV rays and degradation by the sun.

Variety of finishes, textures and colours

With rotomoulding, you can achieve a number of different finishing textures that add depth and dimension to your product. From smooth and shiny to rough and textured. You can also add logos and graphics and even add speckles and metallics to your poly mix.

Safer for humans

Our poly mix complies with the Australian standards AS 2070 (plastics for food contact use) and AS/NZS 4020 (products for use in contact with drinking water), which means your end users can rest assured that their loved ones are safe when they use your products.

Are you considering using rotomoulding for your next manufacturing project? If you can think it, we can usually design it! Give us a call on 1800 666 333, or send us an online enquiry today to find out how we can help you mould plastic in an imaginative way.