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Huey continues, “Use magnets/filters and best practices to protect against scoring and end damage. Communicate any concerns you are having with your suppliers as they may have ideas [you can do] on your end as well as alternate methods of manufacturing on the supplier’s end.”

Failure to protect the relatively fragile coating on both sleeves and rolls will lead to coatings being fractured at a minimum and, more severely, will result in complete bond failure with areas of the coating completely separating from the face of the core, says Foran. “Sleeves are very prone to this if they are dropped or improperly handled when taking them off the air mandrel,” she adds.