BPF Rotational Moulders Tooled for Success

The BPF Rotational Moulders Group has held a seminar designed to explore rotational moulding tooling and associated issues. The seminar took place on 25th April 2013 at the MPH Training and Conference Centre in Gateshead and provided delegates with the opportunity to explore the tooling process in order to help companies to continue to develop and innovate.

The event, brought together a coterie of attendees from multi-disciplinary backgrounds from across the industry comprising of designers, moulders, tool makers and material suppliers. The seminar was attended by 50 executives and consisted of eight table tops displays. The forum offered attendees a professional relaxed environment for discussions and information sharing around key innovations and developments in tooling for the rotational moulding industry.

On the day attendees were joined by expert speakers from companies including Maus Mould Services, Rotomotive, 493K and Rotosolutions and Solid Solutions offered a comprehensive exploration of topics including Advances in Coating Technology for Rotational Moulding tools, Finite Element Analysis as a Design Tool, Process Control and Developments in CAD Design.

The seminar was concluded with an insightful tour of Steel Tool Solutions offering visitors the opportunity to see hands on demonstrations of what can be achieved through steel toolmaking.

Karen Drinkwater, Chair of the BPF Rotational Moulders Group said: 'We have been delighted with the response to the rotational moulding tooling seminar. The wide range of presentations given by our expert speakers really engaged the audience and increased and enhanced their knowledge of the tooling industry. Increasing the understanding of the process can only be beneficial to the growth of the industry as a whole.'

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Notes for editors:

British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the UK trade association for the plastics industry – representing the whole supply chain including polymer producers, distributors, additives suppliers, machinery manufacturers, processors and recyclers.