EOAT Robot hand

Giving Cobots a Hand

Printing our own end of arm tooling was a natural progression from creating our own jigs and fixtures in 3D print.  As a manufacturer we have always relied on customised manufacturing aids and being an early adopter of 3D printing technology…
Showing sample of 50s plastic toys

Rutland Vintage

Made in Britain  Did you know that prior to becoming the trade moulder that we are today the company made toys under our own-brand called ‘Rutland’ which went on to include the Katie label on a range of domestic-themed toys. Most…
plastic injection mould tool

Mould Tool is at the Heart of Injection Moulding

Brand new mould tool for plastic injection mouldingWe always get very excited when a new mould tool is ready for trialling. Here is one we made earlier, (in fact just finished and it is a week ahead of schedule) awaiting our customer to…

How to Double the Mouldings but not the Cost

Medical part shown - needle containment deviceTwo became four when our customer looked to produce a new mould tool for an existing product.  The plan was to increase production and here is where we the cost-saving strategy gets…

UK Exhibitions for Design Engineers

This autumn will see us exhibiting at the following shows: ENGINEERING MATERIALS LIVE National Conference Centre, Solihull.  19 SeptemberA one-day event with the added bonus of a breakfast roll and drinks included for all visitors! …
Nylon 12 Carbon Fibre Filled 3D print

Strong Robot Hands Make Light Work (EOAT)

We are long-time advocates of additive manufacturing technology which we have used effectively for ourselves and our customers, to include prototyping, design, tooling, jigs and fixtures. However, due to highly specific applications namely end…

Bigger is Best for Rutland Plastic

How often have you had a project that would be ideally suited to plastic but the part seems too large for injection moulding?  Or maybe the section appears too thick?Moulding parts up to 1.5m2 and 48kgs in weight In terms of size, Rutland…
close up of a plastic moulded part

Metal to Plastic Tests the Water

Viridian Systems set Rutland Plastics a material challenge, a metal replacement project that would test the water in more ways than one.

COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT AND ROBUST DESIGN

“The brief was simple to begin with – a box for my electric toothbrush”, explains Ged McCall, Schelle founder.
2016 apprenticeships

APPRENTICES ACHIEVE THEIR CHOSEN ROLES

This time last year the company offered up four apprenticeship places, double the amount of the regular annual intake.