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RototEK COMPLETES THE INSTALLATION OF THE SECOND 7M LONG MACHINE.

Posted by admin on 30 March, 2010

In keeping with the continued growth of the Company, Rototek have recently completed the installation of the second of their large rock and roll machines capable of mouldings up to 7m in length and 3m in diameter.

The machines which dominate the new factory into which Rototek moved two years ago is exceeded in size by only one other machine in Europe, and that of less advanced design. Capable of turning out one piece dinghy hulls of seven metres in length, it was manufactured by Rotoline, a Brazilian company. with considerable input from the highly regarded Rototek team. The shuttle machine uses rock and roll movement and employs the Rototek process control software evolved by the company after initial work with the Rotolog programme at Queen’s Belfast.

The touch screen control gives a full picture of the temperature at key points in the mould’s four heating zones with the kind of sophisticated graphics and features normally associated with the injection moulding process. Full traceability is provided by the temperature history of each moulding based on readings taken by sensors within the mould.

The Rototek software ensures that each product is processed in optimum conditions regardless of ambient conditions. giving consistent products both in quality and allowing tight tolerances to be achieved. .A further benefit, also fitting in with Rototek’s philosophy. is that basing processing on temperature allows new polymers with smaller processing windows to be used with confidence.