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.

The following web pages aim to give some information about the supercalendering properties of the varying cover materials available from RHL.

If you require a quotation for new or refilled supercalender rolls, please complete the enquiry form on this site and forward it to us. Alternatively contact us directly at our head office.

Please note, we are happy to assist in specification of the optimum roll cover material for your application.

High production volume supercalendering

Endurance II
New generation 'pressed' supercalender roll cover material designed to produce maximum paper gloss and smoothness.
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Blue Denim Paper
100% cotton based roll cover material suitable for high speed, high line pressure supercalendering.
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White Cotton Paper (Bleached)
100% bleached cotton based roll cover material suitable for high speed, high line pressure supercalendering.
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General supercalendering

Woollen Paper
Cotton and wool based roll cover material material suitable for medium speed and medium line load conditions.
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White Cotton Paper (Unbleached)
100% unbleached cotton based roll cover material suitable for medium speed, medium line load supercalendering conditions.
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Raw Cotton
Traditional supercalender roll cover material made from raw cotton fibres. Ideal for the production of art coated gloss paper.
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SP Cotton
Bleached raw cotton fibre based cover material. Performs well both in normal supercalendering and matt / semi-matt supercalendering.
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Higher temperature supercalendering

HHD (Hough High Density)
HHD is a linen and cotton fibre based filling material designed for higher temperature supercalendering applications.
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HHR (Hough Heat Resistant)
HHR is a fibre based material formulation developed by RHL to perform in higher temperature supercalendering.
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Nomex® from DuPont
'Man made' fibre based material suited to high temperature supercalendering of glassine and label release papers.
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Embossing

Superelastic
100% cotton material produced from woven fabric. Superelastic is suited to the embossing of fine designs.
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Woollen Paper
Cotton and wool based roll cover material used widely on backing rolls for embossing.
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Nomex® from DuPont
'Man made' fibre based material suitable for backing rolls for embossing.
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Steel rolls

RHL manufacture high precision steel rolls to customer specifications:

Services

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

Shaft Upgrade Service
RHL can upgrade your existing roll shafts through a program of correction for improved supercalender roll performance.

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Woollen Paper | White Cotton Paper (Unbleached) | Raw Cotton | SP Cotton
HHD (Hough High Density) | HHR (Hough Heat Resistant) | Nomex® from DuPont
Superelastic | Woollen Paper | Nomex® from DuPont

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