Refurbished Heat Transfer Rolls—Good as New

According to Matt Menges, most operations understand what they want heat transfer rollers to do to their webs, yet don’t realize the engineering expertise needed to achieve optimum performance, particularly when it comes to the choice of refurbishing or sourcing replacement rolls.

“Given the complexities, the customer relies on suppliers like us to handle all the complex calculations of flow rates, BTU output and input, deflection, pressure testing, and roll balance,” Menges explains. “And the roll finish is certainly a specialty, whether plasma, High Velocity Oxygen Fuel, chrome, rubber, or urethane.”