Richard Hough

Paper Industry

RHL supply a wide range of supercalender rolls to the World's paper industry. We manufacture new rolls to customer specifications, as well as refilling/recovering your existing rolls.

General Supercalendering

Raw Cotton

Traditional supercalender roll cover material made from raw cotton fibres. Ideal for the production of art coated gloss papers.

White Cotton Paper (Unbleached)

100% unbleached cotton based roll cover material suitable for medium speed and medium line pressure supercalendering.

Woollen Paper

Cotton and wool based cover material suitable for medium speed and medium line pressure supercalendering.

High Production Volume Supercalendering

Blue Denim Paper

100% cotton based roll cover material suitable for high speed, high line pressure supercalendering.

White Cotton Paper (Bleached)

100% bleached cotton based roll cover material suitable for high speed, high line pressure supercalendering.

High Temperature Supercalendering

HHD (Hough High Density)

Hough High Density is a linen and cotton based cover material designed for higher temperature supercalendering applications.

HHR (Hough Heat Resistant)

HHR is a 100% linen based cover material designed for higher temperature supercalendering applications.

HHT (Hough High Temperature)

HHT is RHL's latest heat resistant cover material designed for high temperature supercalendering.

Nomex®

Nomex® calender rolls are the optimum performance solution for very high temperature Supercalendering applications.

Matt Calendering

SP Cotton

Bleached raw cotton fibre based cover material. Performs well both in normal supercalendering and matt / sem-matt calendering.

Additional Products & Services

Steel Roll Manufacture

RHL manufacture high precision steel rolls to customer specifications:

  • Supercalender rolls
  • Stainless steel rolls
  • Chrome plated rolls

Roll Conditioning Service

Super conditioning for improved running performance is available on certain materials through our unique Roll Conditioning Service.

Brochure

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