PRECAST CONCRETE
Reinforcement positioning products and engineered plastic components for precast concrete production, supported by in-house product development, tooling and injection moulding.
PRECAST MANUFACTURING
Precast manufacturing involves repetitive reinforcement positioning, fixing, protection, forming and production operations. Suitable plastic components can help simplify these operations and support repeatable production.
REINFORCEMENT POSITIONING
MPLAST manufactures reinforcement positioning products that may be suitable for selected precast applications, depending on reinforcement arrangement, required cover, mould configuration and production conditions.
Self-locking reinforcement spacers designed to maintain specified concrete cover. Their locking mechanism, load-bearing design and open geometry in larger sizes may make selected products relevant to suitable precast applications, subject to application requirements and validation.
View Product →Self-locking rebar chairs used to support top reinforcement and maintain separation between reinforcement layers where the product geometry and loading requirements are suitable.
View Product →Plastic spacers for maintaining concrete cover to vertical reinforcement. Products such as SL-40 may be evaluated for suitable precast reinforcement and mould configurations.
View Product →A reinforcement cage spacer developed for bored pile applications that may also be relevant where comparable reinforcement-cage positioning requirements exist.
View Product →FORMWORK & PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS
Some products developed for concrete formwork may also have applications in precast production where comparable mould, tie-rod or sleeve arrangements are used. Suitability depends on the specific production system.
Plastic cones used with tie rods and spacer tubes in suitable formwork systems. Their use in precast depends on the mould and tie-rod arrangement used by the manufacturer.
View Product →PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
MPLAST combines product development, in-house mould development and injection moulding to evaluate recurring production requirements that may benefit from a purpose-developed plastic component.
Relevant requirements may involve reinforcement positioning, component positioning and fixing, protective caps and plugs, mould and formwork accessories, sleeves, locators, closures and other repetitive injection-moulded components used during precast production.
Show us the recurring application or production requirement and we can evaluate whether an engineered plastic component can provide a practical solution.
Explore Our CapabilitiesUnderstand the recurring production requirement, current method and operating conditions.
Evaluate whether a plastic component can simplify, improve or standardise the required operation.
Develop suitable injection mould tooling using our in-house toolroom capabilities.
Conduct application and moulding trials, refine the component where required and move it into production.
RELATED PRODUCTS
View MPLAST reinforcement positioning systems, formwork accessories and other products that may also have applications in precast concrete manufacturing.
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Talk to MPLAST about reinforcement positioning, an existing plastic component or a recurring precast production requirement that may benefit from product development.