Vail Roll Covers for the Metal Industry: raising the bar for roll performance and service

Metal making always has been and always will be a gruelingly tough industry. And for more than 100 years, Vail Rubber Works, Inc. has set the bar for meeting the metal industry's most demanding covered roll challenges with innovative, custom-formulated roll covers and unsurpassed technical and roll mechanical services.

No other company has the technical support or capabilities to design more durable roll covers for your metal process lines than Vail. And as an ISO 9001-2000 certified company we formulate your roll covering to conform to the highest of global standards.

Vail is also your source for roll refurbishment and core repairs. Vail's in-house metal and millwright repair services allow us to remanufacture, inspect, repair, recover, test and pre-test, and build up the bearings on your roll so that it is ready to be installed in your machine. 

But the greatest value you get working with Vail is the immersion of our roll expertise into your plant. Our field specialists don’t just send you a roll cover they think will work. They conduct a thorough analysis of your operational conditions and once the custom roll cover is in place, support you with ongoing recommendations to further improve your processes and lower your costs.

Vail's Focus: Lowest total cost – not necessarily lowest unit price

Don't be fooled. Others may try to convince you that driving down individual roll cover prices will give you breathing space in your operating budget. But our metal industry customers will tell you something different. A customer was running a competitor’s "economical" wringer roll cover. It was a "good buy" until we conducted a cost analysis of their process.

We came back with a process improvement recommendation designed around one of Vail's custom-formulated covers that was priced nearly four times higher than our competitor's cover. At first glance this offered a highly uneconomical solution until the trials demonstrated 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 it.

It's that formulation expertise, that knowledge of how to improve your metal process without compromising quality that will make your roll covers more durable, run longer, cost less. Contact us today to get your metal processing improvements rolling.