Maximize your roll cover performance so you can cash in on lower total costs in your metal industry applications.
You're in a gruelingly tough industry where there's seldom relief from price pressures. So for more than 100 years, Vail has helped its metal industry customers withstand the pressure by designing durable roll covers for metal process lines. As an ISO 9001-2000 certified company we conform to the highest global standards so you can, too.
Free analysis puts the correct roll cover in your operation.
But what roll cover will perform better, longer, with fewer repairs in your metal industry application? At Vail there's never any guesswork as to which roll cover we'll recommend. We offer a free roll analysis so you can learn what will work better in your operation. Our roll cover experts will come to your facility to see your current cover in action and to analyze the work environment. Then we will design a custom roll cover that will cost-effectively work in your conditions. Once your custom roll is in place, we will back it with the technical support and expertise that keeps your lines producing at optimal speed and efficiency.
But aren't custom formulations more expensive?
Vail's focus: lowest total cost - not necessarily lowest unit price.
Don't be fooled by others in our industry who may try to convince you that driving down individual roll cover prices will give you breathing space in your operating budget. Our metal industry customers will tell you something different.
Take for example one of our customers who used to run a competitor's "economical" wringer roll cover. It was a "good buy." That is until Vail conducted a cost analysis of the process.
Our roll cover experts came back with a process improvement recommendation designed around one of Vail's custom-formulated covers. The price was nearly four times higher than the competitor's cover! That's a big hit to anyone's bottom line. But our customer switched metal roll covers because the Vail formulation ran seven times longer. It was more expensive per unit - but what a savings! No other roll cover manufacturer has been able to match Vail's lowest total cost performance in this application.
It's that formulation expertise and that knowledge of how to improve your metal process without compromising quality that will make your wringer, sink, steering, mechanical, bridle, hold down, deflector, pinch, pickling or furnace exit roll covers more durable, run longer, and cost less. Contact us today to get your metal processing improvements rolling.
Improve your operation's performance (and bottom line) with mandrel sleeves, segments and specialty rolls.
Getting the right roll cover formulation is the first step in improving your roll's performance. But today's surface critical metals demand more from roll covers, sleeves and segments. So our technical team builds toughness into every custom-formulated product we make:
- Segments
- Fastening Systems
- Mandrel Sleeve
Protect your rolls and surface critical metals with urethane pads and products.
At Vail we also recognize that you want to protect your roll cover and rolls from unnecessary wear and replacement. So Vail's technical staff specializes in designing and manufacturing high quality urethane products for proprietary, special or standard applications. Read more>
Remove fluids the fast and easy way with Masroll® roll.
If you need to remove liquids from your process - whether it is water, oil, hydrocarbon solvents, plasticizers, acid, alkaline or other liquid chemicals - there's a solution. The Masroll is a revolutionary micro-fiber roll pad and vacuum suction system that does an outstanding job of absorbing liquids. Learn more>
Keep your roll covers performing like new.
Even the best formulated roll covers and parts wear out. So Vail is also your source for roll refurbishment and core repairs. Vail's in-house metal and millwright repair services and thermal spray services allow us to offer you:
- Custom cover materials
- Custom cover finishes
- Regrinding or recovering
- Grooving, threading and beveling covers
- Drill cleaning, and drilling of new and used covers
- Complete core inspection services including non-destructive testing
- In-house repair of roll cores
- Millwright services
- New cores
- Rebuilding/reconditioning suction boxes
- Thermal spray coating for roll journals, cores and other equipment
- Roll cover maintenance and care seminars at your facility by Vail personnel
- Customer line inspections
