Rotational molding, also known as rotomolding, rotocasting or spin casting, is a molding process for creating many kinds of mostly hollow items. More than 80% of all the material used is from the polyethylene family.
Typical products created in a rotational molding process include large volume water tanks, children playgrounds, barricades and traffic cones. A heated hollow mold is filled with a charge or shot weight of material, it is then slowly rotated causing the softened material to disperse and stick to the walls of the mold. In order to maintain even thickness throughout the part, the mold continues to rotate at all times during the heating phase and to avoid sagging or deformation also during the cooling phase.
Due to the large volume of most parts a two stage shredder granulator combination is commonly used when recycling rotomolded products such as water tanks. In this case the V shredders with their increased hopper volume are very well suited. Granulators of the H, E and C series can be used as a single step solution or second stage grinder as well.
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