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Category: custom mouding
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Categories Barriers, custom mouding, fencing feet, International, Manufacturing, Standards
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Melba Swintex Custom Moulding |
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Idea > Design > Prototype > Produce
We Can Do It All Custom Moulding is a service provided by Melba Swintex, offering the ability to manufacture products in large quantities via a variety of methods, with high quality and precision in mind. At Melba Swintex, we pride ourselves on our trade moulding facility. With enormous experience, technical know-how, and state of the art large capacity machines. We have recently completed projects in:
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Is there a Product that you Require?Years of experience contribute to a vast knowledge of the manufacturing industry. If you have a product, or an idea, but do not know what step to take next, then our knowledge and expertise can guide you in the right direction. In house design and testing can ensure your product meets all required standards and expectations. |
Bring Your Idea to Life.Professional design services are available using state-of-the-art equipment to design and develop the perfect product from a simple idea. With in-depth knowledge in manufacturing processes and materials, and access to a large-scale range of British Standards, time and devotion is spent on producing the perfect product for you. |
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Visualise & Communicate your Idea.We utilise the most up-to-date software packages to create, design, and manufacture your product. Our team works closely to engineer both products and tooling to guarantee a successfully moulded product. |
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Find out more about the Custom Moulding by heading over to its very own Page where you can access all of the required information. |
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Melba Swintex have a wealth of experience in design and manufacture, and work alongside our customers to provide customised products for industry. |
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Traffic Barriers – a weighty issue.
The Road Rock is primarily designed to be the ballast for our range of Traffic Barriers and fits the Gate, Master, Vision, Olympic and Tuff Barriers. Using two
Road Rocks per traffic barrier, or one when the barriers are in a boxed formation will make the barrier pass Class B Wind Speed Legislation (this is now mandatory in Scotland where barriers are left unattended for over 24 hours).
However the Road Rock has a few surprises up its sleeve…
The Road Rock links to itself using a hook and tail connection similar to that seen on the Road Runner , this makes it possible to create a continuous run of the heavy duty linear traffic barriers.
Cylinder Housing.
The Road Rock also takes the Cylinder and Ariane and will twist lock into the top making a highly visible linear traffic barriers.
Features
- 15Kgs in Weight
- Corporate ID can be embossed.
- Interlocking for continuous runs.
- Can be coloured to suit.
- Fits all Melba Swintex Traffic Barriers.
- Barriers pass Class B.
- No sandbags required for Class B & C.
- Angular movement on interlocking.
- Can house a Traffic Cylinder.
- Can double-up as a Delineator.
- Handle for easy lifting.
- Manufactured from 100% Recycled Material.
- Completely recyclable.
- Product can stack.
Wind Speeds.
The original concept for the Road Rock was all down to wind. Tests had shown that a minimum of 30Kg was needed for a barrier to withstand Class B Wind Speeds (17.6 m/s). ‘Safety at Street Works and Road Works – ACOP 2015’ states that all traffic barriers in Scotland that are unattended for a period of 24 hours or more, need to be capable of withstanding winds of Class B. At 15Kgs each, the Road Rock is the first ever product which provides the precise weight needed, every time, to withstand these wind speeds
Although we are most well know for being market leaders in the Traffic Management Product Sector we are also very highly regarded for custom moulding. Whether it be blow moulders, rotational moulders, compression moulders or plastic moulders we can do your customer moulding or trade moulding for you. We have great expertise in all these areas and are based in Bury in the UK.
For those new to trade moulding here’s a little explanation about each type.
Blow Moulding – Pre-mixed material is automatically fed into the Blow Moulding machine’s hopper, this material is heated until melting point, and then extruded vertically via gravity (known as the parison). Two machined profile moulds then encase the material, whilst compressed air is used to inflate the parison against the moulds. The plastic is cooled within the mould, and then removed after the cycle is complete.
Melba Swintex currently own six of the most modernised blow moulding machines of diverse size in the UK. It also owns the largest machine currently in the UK.
This is an example of one of the largest blow moulded products we do http://www.melbaswintex.co.uk/gate.php
Compression Moulding – Pre-Mixed Material is removed from the extruder after being melted, and then placed into one half of the mould. The top part of the mould is then pressured down and compresses the material into the moulding. A short period is allowed for cooling, and then the product is removed and left to further cool down.
Intrusion Moulding – Pre-mixed material is automatically fed into the machine hopper, this material is heated until melting point, and then extruded into the mould. The mould can either be water or air cooled. Once the product has solidified enough, It is removed from the mould either by hand or with ejection.
Rotational Moulding – Recyclable granulated polyethylene is placed inside the mould. A flame is held underneath to melt the plastic. The mould is then rotated continuously over a period of time. Centrifugal force causes the melted plastic to be pushed to the walls of the mould. The flame is removed whilst the rotation continues, after the cooling process the product can be removed.
So if you need a custom moulding whether by Blow Moulding, Compression Moulding, Intrusion Moulding or Rotational Moulding. Come and see what we can do for you.
Although we produce a wide range of products they can be broken down into road cones, barriers, signs, litter bins. But we don’t just do road cones we also do custom mouldings.
Road cones are usually intrusion moulded or compression moulded. If it is a two piece road cone the top is blow moulded and assembled with the base.
Traffic Barriers are blow moulded but the feet are intrusion moulded and connectors are injection moulded.
Signs are intrusion moulded in pieces and contructed at the machine very efficiently.
Litter Bins are rotation moulded. Whilst its an old technology its very good for changing colours in production,
Custom moulded products can be made in any of the ways below. We can advise on which method would be best for you but take a quick look now at the different moulding techniques we can offer you.
Blow Moulding – Pre-mixed material is automatically fed into the machine hopper, this material is heated until melting point, and then extruded vertically via gravity. Two machined profile mould then encase the material, whilst compressed air is used to inflate the parison against the moulds. The plastic is cooled within the mould, and then removed after the cycle is complete.
Melba Swintex currently own six of the most modernised blow moulding machines of diverse size in the UK. It also owns the largest machine currently in the UK.
Compression Moulding – Pre-Mixed Material is removed from the extruder after being melted, and then placed into one half of the mould. The top part of the mould is then pressured down and compresses the material into the moulding. A short period is allowed for cooling, and then the product is removed and left to further cool down.
Intrusion Moulding – Pre-mixed material is automatically fed into the machine hopper, this material is heated until melting point, and then extruded into the mould. The mould can either be water or air cooled. Once the product has solidified enough, It is removed from the mould either by hand or with ejection.
Rotational Moulding – Recyclable granulated polyethylene is placed inside the mould. A flame is held underneath to melt the plastic. The mould is then rotated continuously over a period of time. Centrifugal force causes the melted plastic to be pushed to the walls of the mould. The flame is removed whilst the rotation continues, after the cooling process the product can be removed.
Hopefully from this you can see how our road cones, barriers, signs, litter bins and custom mouldings are made.
With new production equipment comes new Custom Moulding Facilities and Trade Moulding. Melba Swintex has invested hugely in new machinery over the last 10 years but in particularly over the last 2 years. This has opened up new markets and we are able to offer
- Injection Moulding
- Compression Moulding
- Rotational Moulding
- Blow Moulding
We have huge amounts of experience and technical know how as well as a design department with 3D printing facilities. We understand that you need to hold and feel your bespoke product before committing to a full production run and are able to prototype and model new shapes so that you can see and feel the real model in your hands before tooling up. The in-house toolmaking team will then engineer the mould further speeding up production.
Take a look here for more custom moulding information
Lancashire manufacturer of temporary traffic management products Melba Swintex (PDM, Stand A044) will launch its trade custom moulding capabilities in trade blow moulding, trade compression moulding, trade injection moulding and trade rotational moulding. The company now wants to work with partners to provide customised products in other sectors.
It can offer design expertise and digital 3D printing, along with product design and tool design capabilities.
Around 90% of Melba Swintex’s product range is made from recycled material.
The company recently launched the Boss Crowd Control Barrier to move into the event management market. It also added a new blow moulded trench cover ‘Tuff Trench’ and the new blow-moulded wheelchair ramp – the ‘Kerb Buddy’ to the range. With new products being introduced all the time and old ones being revamped into modern society there’s a wide range of products for you to admire. As a leading company in the traffic management industry we are also a leading custom moulding company.