Repairing your rolls will result in cost savings and a downtime reduction while increasing the sustainability of the manufacturing process. Once an industrial roll is received at MP&P, and inspected: measurements are taken, the condition of the roll is determined. If the surface of the industrial roll is reparable, the roll surface can be ground to exacting specifications and that includes the often overlooked service of industrial roll balance, when product quality and production output are involved.

Excessive equipment wear, slow production as well as increased downtime can be cause by an industrial roll out of balance. Don’t wait until the industrial roll becomes a major problem. Contact MP&P to discuss how your industrial roll can be made productive. 203-575-5400

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 They must:

• Lead themselves as self-starters.
• Lead others.
• Lead in circumstances’
• Lead in methodology.

Further they must:

• Understand how to better serve their internal and external customers (Teamwork).
• Seek ways to improve what they are charged to do.
• Encourage coworkers to meet obligations by example.
• Lead in the skill of cooperation.
• Speak confidently of their role in the company.
• Believe in our products and services.
• Articulate and engage the company’s values.
• Recognize contributions of others.
• Activate self-confidence.
• Commit to continue learning and improving skills.
• Risk doing what is right rather than what is expedient at the moment
• Give their full sense of skills to the work.

These factors are critical to MP&P because each one directly affects our relationship to customers, whether it’s a routine service, a specialized service or an emergency. This is a key factor because our work is specialized in many unique ways.

We are helping customers in many areas such as:

• Roll Repair
• Acid Flushing
• Roll Fabrication
• Chromium Plating
• Roll Grinding
• Trouble Shooting Difficult Problems

Every customer that has worked with our company has benefited by our specialized expertise in roll surface engineering:

• Fabrication
• Repair
• Initial hard coating

Resurfacing and finishing of:

• Industrial and paper mill
• Double and single shell heat transfer rolls
• Drum dryers
• Calendaring
• Coating
• Embossing
• Laminating rolls and cylinders

There’s much more of course, but the point of leadership is that management and employees must be committed to leadership on many levels.

When you work with MP&P, you can depend on people that bring a commitment to lead the tasks at hand and assure results. You are the customer, why would you settle for less.

For a confidential discussion of your facility, contact MP&P today. 203-574-5400

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Among our many levels of expertise, chrome plating is among our primary in-house specialties that customers have come to depend upon. With precision and care, industrial rolls are immersed in plating tanks that can handle a range of sizes.

12’ diameter x 20’ length

7’ diameter x 38’ length

6’ diameter x 20’ length

4’ diameter x 30’ length

2’ diameter x 17’ length

2 ½’ diameter x 8’ length

Various weight capacities are also handled up to 60,000 lbs.

We handle it all in a wide range of industrial roll sizes and perform all the critical specifications required for finishing, all in a single source service.

You lose precious manufacturing time by going to multiple service locations.

Our team of experienced people can plate directly to:

Stainless Steel

Nickel

Iron (of various grades)

Carbon Steel

Aluminum

…and other metal composites.

In-House Engineering expertise

Our in-house engineers bring years of production experience to design custom plating fixtures that will accommodate parts with well-thought-out intricate designs.  The custom fixtures we provide not only help to make the plating process easier but can prevent the industrial rolls from taking on any of the acid solution internally.

There’s much more to say so why not contact us and determine the various ways we can keep your industrial rolls in the best working order in the most efficient way. We hate downtime and you can’t afford it.

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Surface Finishing and Repairs to Industrial rolls.

When manufacturing is moving along in production, they cannot afford setbacks and hold ups when their industrial rolls run into problems. When that happens, they contact MP&P in Connecticut for solutions. When it comes to fabrication, repair, or other roll issues, MP&P has a long heritage for offering solutions.       Exceptional people and technology for your roll service These are businesses that have set the highest standards of performance so the industrial rolls they use must support that goal. Therefore, they work with MP&P. The result is trouble-free performance once the roll is back on the production line in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. MP&P is a single-source solution:  

• Precision Roll Grinding
• Chromium Plating
• Surface Finishing
• Roll Repair
• Custom Solutions
• Fabrication of New Rolls

MP&P brings the knowledge and technology for handling industrial rolls in industrial paper mill, double and single shell heat transfer rolls, drum dryers, calendaring, coating, embossing, laminating rolls, and cylinders to name a few. Since 1954, MP&P’s founding, every roll leaving the facility is complete and ready to go back online and produce.  

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The Good News: Roll Life Extension!

Getting a worn roll back in productive operation is what we do and have been doing for over 60 years of continuous service. And in terms of roll solutions, we have solved hundreds and hundreds of roll problems. In some cases, the customer held no hope for the damaged roll’s recovery, but our talented people have brought those rolls extended production life.  From inspection to final finish, MP&P’s technical staff watched carefully over every detail in every servicing stage of the roll. Don’t let a damaged industrial roll concern you—let us give it new life.. Currently, MPP offers over 150 finishes to meet a variety of industrial needs and will work with you to determine the right finish for your application. Moreover, all categories of industrial rolls such as coating, calendar heat transfer, laminating and many more, are well understood by our in-house expert workers. Companies across the country send their rolls in need to MP&P at our facility in Connecticut. You should too!

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Very stringent specifications are required to produce the highest quality. Industrial rolls are at work in numerous industries such as:

• Textiles
• Steel
• Paper
• Film
• Rubber

At MP&P when we produce roll grinding services the benefits include:

• Shorter done time for your business.
• Uniform surface finishes
• Tight tolerances
• Lowered maintenance cost
• Increased productivity
• True-up rollers
• Renew concentricity

MP&P can grind rolls to surface finishes of 2 Ra and tolerances of 50 millionths TIR (Total Indicator Runout) and shape. That means that the MP&P refinished roll will operate as well (or better) than the original roll once it is back in operation at your facility. When your roll arrives, we perform an extensive inspection. Over decades of handling just about every type of roll grinding challenge, our team brings tremendous confidence in meeting the challenge. Our experience allows us to understand required roll grinding process demands set before us. What’s more, we maintain a library of sorts with records of what work we have done for you in the past. This helps us to be totally “familiar” with your rolls when they come to us. That is extremely important because each customer, even if they are in the same industry, is unique in terms of what their rolls need. The value to you of having this kind of historical detail allows us to make determinations on your behalf that would otherwise be impossible. Contact our team today to discuss the challenge you may be facing with your rolls.

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The state of Ohio takes its name from the Ohio River. The name originated from the Seneca language word ohiːyo’, meaning “great river” or “large creek”. The state was admitted to the Union as the 17th state on March 1, 1803. Ohio is historically known as the “Buckeye State” after its Ohio Buckeye trees and Ohioans are also known as “Buckeyes”. In 2010, Ohio was ranked No. 2 in the country for best business climate by Site Selection magazine, based on a business-activity database.

There are companies here in Ohio that require surface finishing and repairs to their industrial rolls. Mirror Plating & Polishing (MP&P), specializes in helping Ohio based companies with the fabrication, repair, initial hard coating, resurfacing and finishing of industrial and paper mill, double and single shell heat transfer rolls, drum dryers, calendaring, coating, embossing, laminating rolls and cylinders. Founded in 1954, MP&P has been committed to the highest standards of service throughout the generations with one over-riding commitment, that every industrial roll leaving our facility and returned to Ohio companies will meet those standards.

For our customers in Ohio with roll surface finishing and repairs needed for their industrial rolls that means trouble-free performance once the roll is back in production. That commitment to excellence has built MP&P’s reputation as a leader in hard chromium plating and surface finishing of industrial rolls. It continues to make MP&P the name to depend on when quality and consistency count for the leading companies in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ranked the state No. 10 for best business-friendly tax systems in their Business Tax Index 2009, including a top corporate tax and capital gains rate that were both ranked No. 6 at 1.9%.

Ohio was ranked No. 11 by the council for best friendly-policy states according to their Small Business Survival Index 2009. In alignment with these statistics, MP&P continues to make a difference for Ohio’s companies with industrial rolls that require excellence in quality and service.

Meeting our quality and service commitment in Ohio for roll surface finishing and repairs to a company’s industrial rolls means paying attention to details. Details such as checking for undetected flaws when an industrial roll arrives, performing quality testing throughout the process and keeping your key people involved in the decision-making process. It’s our attention to detail that means an MP&P finished roll will perform flawlessly the first time and every time. Every company in Ohio can rely on that record!

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