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Calendering and squeezing rollers

Richard Hough Ltd. manufactures a specialist range of calendering and squeezing rollers for the world's textile industry. Industry leading manufacturing facilities and over 200 years of experience ensure optimum roll quality and reliability. Richard Hough Ltd. regularly supplies new and recovered rolls to its customers in over 40 countries worldwide and offers a high level of technical support on all aspects of roll use, from specification to maintenance.

'David Bentley' & 'Modern Rollers'

In July 2005, Richard Hough Ltd. acquired the assets of David Bentley Ltd. and Modern Rollers Ltd. of Salford, England. David Bentley and Modern Rollers also specialised in the manufacture of calendering and squeezing rollers for textile production. Today, Richard Hough Ltd. combined with David Bentley and Modern Rollers offers an unrivalled level of expertise in the field of calendering and squeezing rollers.

In acquiring David Bentley and Modern Rollers, Richard Hough Ltd. acquired all the manufacturing records and intellectual property relating to the David Bentley and Modern Rollers product ranges. These include the famous 'Roberto' squeezing roll and the patented 'Heat Dissipation System' for conventional cotton or woollen paper calender rolls. Richard Hough Ltd. is committed to continuing to support the David Bentley and Modern Rollers customers with improved service.

Applications for RHL's rollers include:-

Calendering

• Universal Textile Calenders
• Schreiner Calenders
• Friction Calenders
• Embossing Calenders
• Bonding and Nonwoven Calenders
• Geo-textile Calenders

Squeezing / de-watering

• Mangles
• Padders
• Stenters
• Dyeing Ranges
• Loose Stock Fibre Processing

Product range highlights

Syncast Polyamide Rollers: Richard Hough Ltd. has recently developed its own hi-tech polyamide textile calender roll product known as Syncast. These are a state-of-the-art solution for many textile calendering and embossing applications. Excellent resistance to surface damage ensures minimum maintenance and a very long service life.

Syncast can be supplied as complete roll or the Syncast sleeve can be supplied to the customer's required specification. Syncast rolls can be produced up to 7m face length and 1m diameter with parallel or crowned profile. Syncast sleeves are spun cast on industry leading equipment, fully annealed and ultrasonically checked guaranteeing optimum quality and performance.
Cotton Calender Rolls: Richard Hough Ltd.s Cop Cotton calender rolls are produced to the highest quality and are specified by the world's leading calender manufacturers. Richard Hough Ltd.’s industry-leading 3500 tonne hydraulic presses ensure the maximum cotton roll density, which ensures the highest calendering performance and roll service life. RHL cotton rolls achieve the optimum surface finish on woven and knitted, natural and synthetic fabrics.
Roberto Squeezing Rolls: Roberto high expression squeezing rolls are exclusively manufactured by Richard Hough Ltd. Roberto rolls are a high-performance replacement for conventional rubber or PU squeezing rolls, with significantly improved expression and greatly improved service life over rubber and PU. Roberto's outstanding squeezing performance (20-50% greater expression than rubber/PU rolls) is achieved through a combination of the squeezing action and powerful capillary suction.

Full textile industry product range

Calendering

Syncast – State-of-the-art polyamide textile calendering roll incorporating a nylon based cover sleeve. Low maintenance and excellent service life.
Cop Cotton – Most widely used textile calendering roll produced from natural cotton thread. High resilience and strength.
Woollen Paper – High density calender roll produced from denim cotton and wool paper. Suitable for textile calendering and embossing.
HDS – Patented Heat Dissipation System can be fitted to Cop Cotton and Woollen Paper rolls to reduce the rolls internal operating temperature and increase roll life.

Squeezing

Roberto – High performance squeezing roll with a special micro-porous synthetic cover material. Replacement for conventional rubber squeezing rolls.
Hi-torq Roberto – High strength squeezing roll with a high strength micro-porous, synthetic cover material. Designed for high efficiency squeezing of loose stock fibres (e.g. rayon after treatment lines).