Sinclair & Rush: The flexible essentials of Custom Plastic Moulding

Jon Dale of The Camping and Caravanning Club said “2012 is set to be a bumper year for the

and one of the most inexpensive ways to enjoy all of the action is by camping and caravanning.”

You might well cry at the thought of a gridlocked M5 or following sluggish crocodiles of caravans down narrow Devon roads.

At Sinclair & Rush our thoughts are different. We think: caravan = car; car = tow bar; tow bar = towball, towball = towball cover; towball cover = Custom Plastic Moulding. Well, that’s because WE THINK PLASTIC.

It’s not obsession, it’s our profession.

But why caravans? Well, we are just using caravans and towball covers as one of innumerable of examples, because we are talking about CUSTOM Plastic Moulding. This means fabricating a prototype mould or ‘tool’ to create a plastic cover, cap, sleeve, grip, plug or almost any custom product for just about anything that needs covering, protecting, paint masking, sleeving, blanking, tactilely enhancing, colour coding, branding etc. and in just about any industry.

We have nearly 60 years of experience in Dip Moulding and, through our Stockcap brand, we’ve made Custom Moulding an art form - http://www.stockcap.co.uk/custom.asp

The towball of choice has been the Flange where the ball is bolted to the bracket, in turn bolted to the bar. Now, thoughts and manufacture are looking towards the increasing popularity of the Swans Neck style of detachable towing device. New towball, new applications, new concept in plastic towball cover.

Sinclair and Rush have pioneered the market in regards to the single dip and double dip moulding process and have invented numerous materials to support its effectiveness, viability and cost efficiency.

Our extensive material compounding capabilities not only allow us to offer the largest selection in the industry, but at the lowest possible cost, particularly for plastisol. We mix our own plastisol, which eliminates unnecessary margins built in to costs by manufacturers and handlers. These cost savings are passed on to our customers.

Plastisol is a vinyl compound, liquid at room temperature, which fuses into an ordinary vinyl when heated. The fusion can take on any thickness, durability, colour, finish – hence its massively practical and diverse applications.

Whilst its engineering has developed into a global high tech industry, the dip moulding process derives its basic process from candle manufacturing – an ancient art. At the production stage, rows or moulds are suspended (as were candles by their wicks) over the liquid plastic.

The moulds or 'tools' are heated, dipped and after fusion, cooled and the plastic ‘whatever your imagination challenges us to produce’ is separated from the mould ready for use. The detail is extraordinary and the application as varied as creative engineering minds enable.

An expert Stockcap team is available to discuss the Custom Plastic Dip Moulding opportunities for initial prototype through to high volume manufacturing runs. This is an inexpensive and accurate prototyping process capable of achieving any sleeving, capping, blanking needs to high specification and durable finish.

“So, can S&R mould anything for me?”

“Well, almost anything....just ask us.”

Sinclair & Rush’s global custom moulding expertise covers a diverse range of industry applications: