A Sampling of Press Releases about Precision Rollers

Bob Schwartz Promoted to President

CHINO, California — (August 5, 2014) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today today announced the promotion of Bob Schwartz to President of the Company.

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25th Anniversary Celebration

CHINO, California — (May 6, 2014) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today today announced that they are celebrating their 25th anniversary since the company was founded. In an open letter to customers, Mr. Bob Schwartz, Vice President of Imperial Rubber Products, said "We thank you very much for your support and collaboration (and sometimes patience) as we have grown to become what we are today."

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Lean Manufacturing Yields Better Rollers

CHINO, California — (March 27, 2014) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today released the third in a series of open letters to customers sharing specific data on the company's manufacturing performance in the past year. The information shows how the company is continuously improving quality.

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Results of Efforts to Improve Roller Quality

CHINO, California — (February 22, 2013) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today released another open letter to customers sharing data on the company's performance in the past year. The information shows how the company is improving quality, shortening lead-times, and meeting customer needs consistently.

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How Lean Manufacturing Benefits Customers and Manufacturers

Paper and Presentation to AIMCAL

CHINO, California — (October 22, 2012) — Imperial Rubber Products today published a technical paper and presentation delivered at the AIMCAL Web Coating Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. These materials explain how the company is implementing lean manufacturing. It includes results, key learnings, and benefits for both customers and manufacturers.

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Trust UV Printing Rollers

Newest UV Printing Roller Technology

CHINO, California — (March 15, 2012) — Imperial Rubber Products today announced that they are the exclusive source for Trust UV Printing Rollers (developed by Techno Roll of Japan) in the western United States.

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Micro Finish on Chrome Rollers

Article Overviews Topic for Coaters, Converters

CHINO, California — (March 2, 2012) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today released an article reviewing micro finishes on chrome rolls. The article is intended to be helpful to manufacturing, quality and other technical personnel using chrome rolls in their production processes by discussing:

• The tools and methods to measure and deliver highly accurate roll profiles;
• How a ground-in finish is superior to a polished finish, and gives examples to illustrate the importance of the distinction;
• The key characteristics of a chrome roller and the importance of getting beyond the typical metric (Ra) used to measure the roughness of a roll.

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New Print Ad in Converting Quarterly

Results of Efforts to Improve Roller Quality

CHINO, California — (February 6, 2012) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today announced their new print advertising appearing in Converting Quarterly in conjunction with its alliance partner Finzer Roller.

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Lean Manufacturing Yields Better Rollers

Results of Efforts to Improve Roller Quality

CHINO, California — (January 20, 2012) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today released an open letter to customers sharing recent data on the company's recent performance. The information shows how the company is improving quality, shortening lead-times, and meeting customer needs consistently.

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Imperial Rubber Products Announces TruShape2™

Improved Measuring Device Helps Customers Get Even Higher Precision Rollers

CHINO, California — (June 29, 2010) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, today announced that they have developed and begun using the TruShape2™ measuring device. The company uses this new tool to provide even greater in-process measurement capabilities to help deliver rollers with superior precision to customers.

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Imperial Rubber Products Announces Alliance with Finzer Roller

Companies to share products, technologies, and offer national coverage to customers

CHINO, California — (May 20, 2010) — Imperial Rubber Products, which manufactures and reconditions rollers for industrial converters, manufacturers and commercial printers, and Finzer Roller, a leading one-stop resource for rubber rollers and specialty coatings, including steel roller cores, replacement rubber coverings and peripheral products, today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to serve customers nationally.

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Imperial Rubber Publishes Technical Paper on Measuring Your Roller's True Shape

CHINO, California — (January 3, 2009) — Imperial Rubber Products today published a technical paper presented by Stephen Huff, VP of Manufacturing and Technology, to AIMCAL on measuring the true shape of a roller.

Abstract

Roller geometry directly affects the way a web is handled through a machine. Common roll tolerances address roller diameter, taper and TIR.  But what do these variations really mean to the end user?

Most line operators and engineers have a general understanding of these properties but not how they affect their product let alone the proper way to measure these variations. A simple dial indicator cannot reveal the true concentricity of a roller.  

This paper will discuss roller geometry variation, its affects on web handling and new-to-the-industry techniques to determine the “real” values for these variations.

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(Click here to see the Presentation - PDF File)

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