• Temperature control and stability,
• These remain key factors of Heat Transfer Roll health.
• With growing performance materials and adherence to international standards, uniform temperature control is essential.
• Line speed is directly impacted.
• Product quality and consistency are affected.

When you detect an issue with your heat transfer rolls.

The key first step is to determine the cause of performance decline.

Basic maintenance: vital to your production:

Are you adhering to basic maintenance of your heat transfer roll?

The more economical solution:

When scale build-up, excessive corrosion, and blockages inside the roll are significant, roll refurbish may be a more economical option than de-commissioning or discarding the roll.

At Mirror Polishing & Plating, our goal is to provide you a means to salvage usable components when possible. Removing the outer shell and reconditioning the internal components can be solutions.

The refurbishing process—30% time savings!

Refurbishing a roll typically provides a 30% time savings versus a brand new roll.

• Remove the old outer shell
• Evaluate internal assembly to determine if the roll can be repaired
• Clean internal assembly and remove old spirals – replace with new spirals
• Apply corrosion resistant coating over entire internal assembly flow passages (optional)
• Turn and bore new outer shell for proper fit with reconditioned inner assembly
• Restore and recondition shaft (if required)
• Apply chrome plating or another coating system to complete refurbished heat transfer roll

We are here to help your facility stay productive when it comes to industrial roll performance. Call us today to learn more ways to save time, money and minimize downtime. 203-574-5400

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In 1953, Rodda was purchased by Sam Born, the Russian immigrant who invented ice cream “jimmies.”

After the American Revolution, the city of Lancaster became an iron-foundry center. The innovative gunsmith William Henry lived in Lancaster and was a U.S. congressman and leader during and after the American Revolution.

Continued growth required more services for manufacturers

That’s where MP&P came on the scene. When Lancaster, Pennsylvania manufacturers require service and repairs to their industrial rolls, they depend on MP&P. These companies understand that manufacturing success thrives on productivity. When industrial rolls in Lancaster, PA require servicing, they send their industrial rolls to MP&P for proven solutions. Manufacturers have commitments to customers making their industrial rolls critical to stay online and produce.

For over six decades, MP&P has provided single-source roll fabricating, plating, grinding and full-service roll repair. Customers need to get their rolls back on the plant floor to produce.

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His first position began in the plating department. “ I started working here and was trained  in plating along with my own learning as things went along. There’s a lot of technical details to know,” Dwight said. He went on to become a supervisor in 5 months. He spent 5-years working second shift.

PLATING

Then he moved to first shift supervisor. Things were fast moving and over time Dwight set his mind on learning as much as he could throughout the shop with a mindset to be more versatile and valuable.

High Bay Lathe

He covered many positions in the company over the years: prep work, metalizing, grinding, high bay work, and nickel plating (the only person handling that). For a time, he oversaw the safety department. His positions took him to, ordering supplies, equipment maintenance, heat treating, and crane operator.  All these positions require attention to detail and the ability to think on your feet.

Teflon Coating

“The working environment here is the key. We have a really great team effort going; we help each other and work hard to keep the roll servicing productive and profitable which also helps us to stay employed, and there’s been no layoffs.

Prepping the oven

Everyone is involved in getting the work done for our customers. There’s many days when Gary Nalband, the owner, is out here 12 hours a day working, and he’s not the only one— it seems to me that encourages others in the company.” There’s always some kind of problem to solve and that keeps everybody sharp. This is a good place to be working!

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Applications:

Some of the applications that currently use MP&P’s PreGrain® surface include but are not limited to plastics extruding/calandering, film casting, and embossing. MP&P’s PreGrain surfaces also provide additional release. This is mainly used in many plastic calandering and plastic extruding operations.

Industries served

MP&P’s PreGrain® surfaces are used in almost every industry such as,

-Plastics

-Film

-Composites and coated materials.

And many more.

This surface can benefit your process.

To learn more, please contact us at 203.574.5400.

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Don’t let your roll productivity stay blocked.

MP&P acid flushing is your solution. It breaks down deposits and blockages and flushes them out. You will get back to better flow rates as well as improve the roll’s thermal conductivity.

MP&P Acid flushing: the key to productivity

MP&P acid flushing pumps an acidic cleaning solution through the internal flow passages on used heat transfer rolls. Before the flushing, MP&P measures the initial flow and pressure through the roll, providing a baseline on the severity of the inside of the roll. This information defines how we apply our solution.  Following the procedure, the same test is performed to determine flowrate.

Don’t wait until it becomes critical.

Don’t let your productivity suffer. Contact MP&P today to discuss how we can provide the level of service that maintains your rolls in a productive condition. Contact us to be sure your rolls are functioning at top performance.

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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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