Plastic tractor consoles
The modern approach to agricultural engineering
Tractors, combine-harvesters and farm implements use plastic mouldings. Their advantages are lightness, corrosion resistance, ease of cleaning and style. They allow designers to create elegant, efficient shapes which are difficult or impossible in metals. Plastics are able to stand up to very rough treatment: it is just a question of design and selection of the right polymer.
Some examples are mudguards, body panels, roofs, cab interior mouldings, seat components, cowlings, and tanks. All of these can be made using rotational moulding. tecni-form can achieve sophisticated results with their leading-edge techniques. They can inject polymer foams into components to give them rigidity and insulating qualities; and they can build up assemblies from plastics and metals so that they are ready for you to fit. With the right combination of metals and plastics, it is possible to make a reliable engineering component with predictable behaviour under load.
Complex assembly using
metals & RM parts
tecni-form can add logos, written or diagrammatic instructions, and warnings into the surface of a moulding. Agricultural vehicles nowadays are quite stylish and the tecni-form systems for providing surface texture and colour can contribute to that.
The possibilities of rotational moulding
It may spark some ideas for your application if you have a look at the section of this site which describes the full rotational moulding process.
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