What is a Mold Rotator?
Mold Rotators are devices used to invert heavy objects such as molds and large parts.
Mold Rotators are often prohibited by hoist manufacturers because of the great danger involved in inverting heavy objects with a crane, requiring a dedicated Mold Rotator. Mold Rotators are often used for processing and assembly during mold making, transportation, and maintenance. Mold Rotators are also available for inverting lightweight boxes in addition to heavy items.
Uses of Mold Rotators
Mold Rotators are industrial machines used for inverting molds and other heavy objects. Automobile and automotive parts manufacturing, plastic molding and processing, material manufacturers, chemical manufacturing, beverage manufacturing
1. Molds
Mold Rotators are installed in various manufacturing industries that use molds. Specific industries include automotive parts, motor parts, plastic molding, information and telecommunications equipment, housing equipment, and other manufacturing fields.
It is often used in mold machining, mold inversion and assembly, mold insert changeover, and inversion for maintenance and transportation. 2.
2. Coiled material
Mold Rotators are used for inverting heavy coil materials such as rolls and hoops. They can be used for a wide range of materials, including steel plate coils, electrical materials, and wire coils. 3.
3. Concrete products and product materials
Mold Rotators can also be used for inverting heavy concrete products such as building materials, etc. Applications include secondary components, building materials, and segments.
They are also used in various processing industries, including metalworking, and other fields requiring inversion of materials and products. In this case, the objects are metal rolls and various other materials and products. They are used in metal processing, steelmaking, machinery manufacturing, logistics, and other fields. It is also sometimes used for reversing paper agents in bookbinding companies, etc.
4. Machine parts and others
Mold Rotators can also be widely used for reversing machine parts in general. They are used for inverting parts related to industrial robots, machine tools, injection molding machines, and many other types of machinery. They can also be used for inversion during the machining and assembly of diesel engines and machine frames.
Other heavy objects handled by Mold Rotators include steel products, safes, transformers, and control panels.
Mold Rotator Principle
Mold Rotators are driven by hydraulic cylinders, electric motors, or other drive systems. Flat products, which lie completely flat when not in use, consist of two side-by-side bellows that are folded upward so that the outside (parallel side not touching the other bellows) rises up on both sides. When not in use, it is flat, and when activated, the bellows rise up and flip the object. Other types include the rolling type, which rotates a cylinder-like structure, and the crane-suspended type, which rotates with a belt sling.
Depending on the product, 90° and 180° are the most common angles of rotation. 180° rotation is often achieved by rotating 90° twice to rotate 180°. Some crane-suspended types can also be used for free rotation.
Types of Mold Rotators
Mold Rotators, as mentioned above, come in a variety of shapes, including flat, rolling, and crane-suspended types. The flat type has the advantage of being easy to work with because it becomes flat after rotation, and it can be embedded in the ground because it becomes flat when not in use. It can also be driven on top of trucks, forklifts, and other vehicles. Some rolling type products use roller gears to make them maintenance-free. Roller gears do not have parts that stretch like chain drives and do not require the maintenance that hydraulic units and cylinders require.
Other than that, product types are distinguished by the mass of the reversing object, with load capacity types such as 10t, 15t, 20t, and 30t. The appropriate one should be selected according to the application.