The RotoVetti - an award-winning local solution

AN award-winning design by Clive Robertson, CEO of RotoFlo Holdings, has taken South Africa’s horse-riding circuit by storm – with around 5 000 units sold to date.

The success story began when Robertson tried to source cavalettis for his grandchildren’s horse-riding lessons. The commonly available, local and imported units were expensive, poorly designed and also poorly finished.

So Robertson decided to rise to the challenge and design his own. “I wanted something a bit different, with more than one single purpose. So I set about getting design ideas from Nico Hickley of Hickley Mould and Tool,” he says. “The idea was to be able to interlock the units together, allowing walls and various shapes to be built.”

The Lego Block concept was considered but was not suitable for windy conditions. Nico came up with the ‘dovetail’ interlocking concept which worked very well. Simple design features were applied, like big radii, a well-polished mould for good gloss fi nish; excellent mould split lines and a discreet venting hole.

The mould was CNC machined out of solid aluminium. Once the CNC programme was loaded, it took only a few days to complete the mould. The RotoVetti is rotomoulded from LLDPE rotomoulding powder in several bright colours.

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The RotoVetti’s rounded corners, positive interlocking pins and colourful options ensure an affordable, simple, safe and lightweight product that can be quickly and easily assembled and taken down.