ROLL REPAIR & RECONDITIONING
ROLL REPAIR & RECONDITIONING
Calender Rolls • Leveling Rolls • Straightening Rolls • Forming Rolls Key Services: Precision Grinding • Rebuild • Chrome / NICOMO™ 500 Coatings
Introduction
Industrial rolls must run with exact tolerances, smooth surface finishes, and perfect balance to maintain product quality and production uptime. Wear, scoring, thermal distortion, imbalance, and bearing failures can quickly lead to scrap, vibration, heat issues, and major downtime.
Industrial Maintenance Rebuilders (IMR) provides full roll repair, precision grinding, reconditioning, and complete rebuild services for all types of industrial process rolls. Our capabilities bring worn rolls back to OEM performance — often exceeding original service life and finish quality.
ROLL TYPES SERVICED
Calender Rolls: Chrome-plated, hard-surface, heat-transfer/temperature-controlled, and rolls for paper, plastic, rubber, and textile.
Leveling Rolls: Multi-roll systems, tension-leveling, and steel/coil processing applications.
Straightening Rolls: Heavy-duty, precision flat-roll, and strip/plate straightening rolls.
Forming Rolls: Tube, pipe, structural forming rolls, and custom profiles.
CORE SERVICES
Complete Rebuild & Repair: Journal machining, keyway repair, thermal straightening, and shaft-end restoration.
Precision Roll Grinding: Cylindrical grinding (OEM tolerances), mirror polishing (4–8 RMS), and dynamic balancing.
Chrome & Advanced Coatings:
Standard Hard Chrome: Wear and corrosion resistance.
NICOMO™ 500 Series: Higher hardness, superior release characteristics, and longer life in abrasive applications.
Thermal Roll Repair: Heat-transfer passage cleaning, flow testing, and internal plug repair.
Reverse Engineering: Material analysis, CAD modeling, and manufacturing of new rolls.
INDUSTRIES SERVED
Plastics & Film
Rubber & Calendering
Steel & Metal Processing
Paper & Pulp
Printing & Packaging
Textile & Laminating
Pipe & Tube Forming
Composite Sheet Manufacturing
WHY IMR FOR ROLL REPAIR
20,000 sq ft fully equipped facility.
In-house grinding, chroming, and balancing.
Emergency rush turnaround and Free pickup & delivery.
Restored to like-new or better-than-new condition.
BRANDS WE SERVICE
IMR repairs and rebuilds rolls from all major industrial manufacturers, including:
Buhler – Calender and finishing rolls
Albany / Albany International – Textile and paper calender rolls
Bando / Bando Machinery – Steel and metal leveling rolls
Andritz – Paper, pulp, and metal calender & leveling rolls
Kobelco – Steel and coil processing rolls
Bradbury / Bradbury Precision – Calender, forming, and sheet-processing rolls
Valmet – Paper, pulp, and industrial calender rolls
KraussMaffei / KM – Plastic, rubber, and composite calender rolls
Siempelkamp – Rubber and plastics calender rolls
Schoeller / SML – Plastics, films, and textile rolls
Berstorff / KraussMaffei Berstorff / Reifenhäuser – Plastic, extrusion, and forming rolls
Herr-Voss – Steel, leveling, and calender rolls