Calendering
Continuous sheet stock, rolled through heated cylinders to exact gauge.
Heated rollers. Held to gauge.
Calendering forms sheet rubber by passing compound between heated rollers under tension. RDL's calender produces sheet to specified thickness, width, and surface finish. Roller temperatures and line speed are read continuously through the run. Dimensional accuracy is verified in real time as the sheet exits the calender.
Set at the roller, not pulled from a catalogue.
Gauge and finish are dialled in at the calender for each run.
Sheet thickness
From 0.8mm to 6mm gauge, dialled in at the calender.
Width range
Sized to the calender bed.
Compound matching
Any compound that calenders well, matched to application.
Surface finish
Smooth finish, held consistent across the run.
Read continuously, held to tolerance.
Each run is set up to the brief and measured against the gauge specified for the application. Roller temperatures, line speed, and dimensional accuracy, width and thickness, are read continuously through the run. What comes off the calender holds the same tolerance from start to finish.
Held to gauge. Cured to spec.
Calendered sheet stock from RDL is dimensionally consistent across the run, ready to take its next form.
Bring us your hardest calendering brief.
Tell us about the part, the cycle, and the conditions. We specify the compound, prototype the part and prove it on the bench before it ships.