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In printing and converting the roller covering is a process variable rather than a spare part. We produce printing rollers, paper rollers, paper feed rollers and twist rollers, with EPDM, silicone rubber, polyurethane and SBR as the main covering materials, chosen against what the roller has to do rather than against what a rubber shop happens to run.

Key Benefits

• Covering material selected for the process rather than for shop convenience
• Four covering materials available from one supplier
• Rollers produced from a worn sample when the original drawing is lost
• Consistent covering specification across a matched set
• Built to withstand continuous industrial duty

Problems It Solves

• Feed rollers glazing or hardening and causing misfeeds
• Covering material chosen by availability rather than by process requirement
• Older machines abandoned by their original roller supplier
• Inconsistent covering hardness across a set of rollers

Who It Is For

• Printing and paper converting plants maintaining existing lines
• Packaging machinery builders specifying covered rollers
• Maintenance teams on machines whose original roller supplier is gone
• Coating and laminating operations

Application Scenarios

• Printing rollers in sheet fed and web printing lines
• Paper feed rollers where misfeeds cost more than the roller
• Twist rollers in converting equipment
• Coating rollers applying coatings or laminates to surfaces
• Conveyor rollers moving products or raw materials

What You Are Actually Buying

Only values our own records support appear here. Anything we cannot evidence is left out rather than estimated.

Roller Types	Printing, paper, paper feed, twist, coating and conveyor rollers
Covering Materials	EPDM, silicone rubber, polyurethane, SBR
Design Input	Customer drawing or worn roller sample
Maintenance	Designed for minimal maintenance to reduce downtime
Country of Manufacture	China

Materials

• EPDM
• SIR silicone
• Polyurethane
• SBR

Manufacturing Process

• Core inspection or manufacture
• Covering material selection
• Covering
• Grinding and finishing
• Dimensional check

Technical Features

• Coverings in EPDM silicone rubber polyurethane and SBR
• Roller types including printing paper paper feed and twist rollers
• Customisable to specific industry needs
• Designed to require minimal maintenance and reduce downtime

Quality Control

• Roller dimensions checked against the drawing or the original sample
• Covering hardness verified against the specification
• Sets produced to one consistent specification
• Finish inspected before packing

Customisation Options

• Any of the four covering materials according to duty
• Covering hardness specified by the customer
• Dimensions from a drawing or reverse engineered from a worn roller
• Matched sets produced to a single specification

Where This Is the Right Choice and Where It Is Not

Compared With Polyurethane only suppliers

Polyurethane is excellent for abrasion but wrong for some print and feed surfaces. Holding four materials lets the process decide.

Compared With Recovering the old core

Recovering is often the cheaper route where the core is sound. Tell us the condition and we will say which makes sense.

Compared With Generic rubber shops

A general rubber shop covers to whatever it stocks. We select the covering against printing, feeding or coating duty.

How to Specify and Order This Part

• Send the roller drawing or the worn roller itself

Send the roller drawing or the worn roller itself

• State the covering material and hardness if you already know them

State the covering material and hardness if you already know them

• Describe the process duty so material can be matched where you do not

Describe the process duty so material can be matched where you do not

• Order matched sets together so hardness is consistent across them

Order matched sets together so hardness is consistent across them

• Keep a spare set for critical positions to avoid line downtime

Keep a spare set for critical positions to avoid line downtime

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Industrial Rubber Rollers Questions

EPDM, silicone rubber, polyurethane and SBR are the main roller materials we work with.

Yes. Our structural design team can work from the physical part and produce a drawing for your approval.

Yes, provided the target hardness is specified or a sample is supplied to measure.

Printing rollers, paper rollers, paper feed rollers, twist rollers, coating rollers and conveyor rollers.

Tell us whether you are sending cores for recovering or need complete rollers, and we will quote accordingly.

Within one working day of receiving dimensions and material requirements.

Quote Industrial Rubber Rollers

Send the size or drawing, the working conditions and the quantity. One working day for a considered reply.