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Past Webinars

 

Capacities and Capabilities in Allentown

Thu, August 19, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Join us for our next webinar conducted by PRG Technical Planner Jonah Casella who’ll give you an exclusive inside look at our Allentown, Pa., facility. Get details on the multiple roll services we provide in this particular location, why they are superior to other providers, and how they can help improve the efficiency and run-life of your rolls. 
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DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT (DOE)

Thu, July 29, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Today’s manufacturing processes are increasing in size and complexity every day. As a result, the number of variables that can influence a process grows larger. Sometimes, a variable is not even known to have a significant effect until a proper analysis has been done. A design of experiment, or DOE, is a critical component of process improvement. Using statistical analysis and 6-Sigma methods, a design of experiment can improve process control and provide the necessary knowledge to control variables and produce quality products every day. This webinar discusses the basic principles of a DOE and how Precision Roll Grinders uses DOEs to verify and improve a system’s performance and continually add value to our customers’ production line.
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The Facts on Precision Grinding Calender Rolls for all Industries - It is a MUST

Thu, June 24, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)  

Whether you are calendering plastic, rubber, non-wovens, paper or any other product, precision grinding of your calender rolls is a MUST.  Precision roundness, shape and concentricity on your calender rolls directly correlates to your product quality and machinery efficiency.  Precision surface finish also plays a critical roll in product quality.  Join us for a quick webinar explaining how precision roll grinding can drive big gains in your process.  The webinar is free, but may fill up fast, so please register today.  We look forward to speaking with you.
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Why Precision Grinding of Paper Machine Press Rolls is Critical

Thu, June 3, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)
Why would you need a precision grind on a paper machine press roll?  After all, isn't it a soft cover that is going to deflect by design anyway?  Proper roundness and shape on press rolls is critical for your press section to run at optimum capacity.  Precision roundness prevents short-term machine-direction moisture variation and excess wear on your press roll bearings, frames, clothing and roll covers.  Precision shape provides the best cross-directional moisture profile and keeps press clothing performing as designed.  Join us for a short webinar outlining the necessity of precision roll grinding in your paper machine press section.  The webinar is free, but may fill up fast, so please register today.  We look forward to speaking with you.
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Precision Roll Grinding as a High Return Investment Opportunity

Thu, May 20, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

All too often, roll grinding and maintenance is considered a necessary maintenance cost. This can lead to sub-standard roll performance when the lowest price is sought to meet maintenance budgets. However, when done with precision, roll grinding and maintenance should be viewed as a high return investment opportunity. As a matter of fact, you should demand that your roll grinding and maintenance provider prove the ROI of their services. Please join us for a brief webinar on how precision roll grinding and maintenance leads to significant returns for your operation. The webinar is free, but may fill up quickly, so please register today. We look forward to speaking with you.
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Precision Coating Demands Precision Rolls for Optimum Performance

Thu, May 6, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

It doesn't matter if you are coating paper, metal, plastic or any other substrate, precision coating demands precision rolls. As coating raw material costs rise, it becomes more critical to optimize your coating process to eliminate variation that results in unnecessary waste. A key factor in reducing your coating variation is the precision roundness, concentricity and shape of your rolls. Please join us for a brief webinar outlining how precision ground and maintained rolls optimize coating operations and provide significant return on investment. The webinar is free, but may fill up fast, so please register today. We look forward to speaking with you.
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How Paper Machine Calender Roll 'Barring' Hurts Your Bottom Line

Thu, Apr 22, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

When your calender rolls exhibit 'barring' or variation in roundness, it hurts your bottom line. Calender rolls that are not precision ground to roundness, shape and concentricity will quickly begin to induce variation in your product and adversely affect your product strength and appearance. With fiber costs rapidly increasing and other costs closely behind, it is more important than ever that your calenders are operating at their best. In addition, poor calender performance transfers to the end-user in the form of inconsistent printing, converting and overall performance. Please join us for a brief webinar explaining how calender roll 'barring' occurs and what can be done to eliminate it as a primary variable in your process. 
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The End of the Line-Precision Calender Rolls Drive Paper Machine Performance

Thu, Apr 8, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

The calender stack is the end of the line on a paper machine - the last chance to ensure quality and strength is world-class. It is critical that your calender rolls perform at their best at all times. It takes precision grinding and servicing to ensure this happens. Does your caliper profile, sheet smoothness and sheet strength stay best in-class over time? Does the sheet convert well at the winder and converter? Are you getting optimum life from your calender rolls? Join us for a short webinar on how precision grinding and servicing of calender rolls drives your paper machine performance. 
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Precision Delivering Profitability - Roll Grinding Application Engineering

Thu, Mar 25, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Precision roll grinding and servicing is much more than a necessary maintenance cost. When done properly, roll grinding delivers considerable profitability to your operation and you should demand from any roll grinding supplier a return on your investment. Applying sound application engineering in design of experiment, process analysis and process improvement can drive considerable results to your bottom line! Join us for a short webinar outlining how precision roll application engineering drives profitability in your process. 
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Precision Rubber Calendering - The Case for Huge Raw Material Savings

Thu, Feb 18, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Whether you are producing tires, roofing or any other rubber product, the condition of your calender's rolls is critical to your profitability. Have you experienced web thickness variation through the calender? Is it causing you to use more raw material than necessary to meet minimum requirements? Precision ground rubber calender rolls not only run longer they provide a world-class quality web profile that can drive huge savings in raw material reduction. Join us during our upcoming webinar to review real-world case studies and what you should be expecting from your roll grinding and servicing provider. 
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Increasing Coated Board Machine Yield & Quality with Precision Calender Rolls

Thu, Feb 4, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Paper fiber is costly. Coated Board producers need to be able to maximize profitability by producing outstanding sheet quality while minimizing fiber usage. Calender rolls can play a critical role in allowing this to happen. Best in class smoothness and caliper control without having to increase sheet density can be achieved with Precision calender roll grinding and servicing. Please join us for our upcoming webinar outlining real-world case studies and what you should expect from your Coated Board machine roll service provider. 
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The Case for Precision Grinding of Calender Rolls on Linerboard Machines

Thu, Jan 21, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Do you really need Precision ground calender rolls to make linerboard? After all, it is not fine paper with all those demanding print quality tests. The answer is a resounding YES. Boxes are printed, so print quality is necessary in the form of consistent smoothness and caliper over time, strength is always critical and the board has to run well over the winder and on the corrugator. Precision ground calender rolls are critical in meeting all these demands. And they should meet these demands for longer periods of time between changes when ground correctly. It can all add up to significant ROI on your calender roll service when done right. Join us for our upcoming webinar on what you should be looking for in your linerboard machine calender roll grinding and service provider. 
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Paper Machine Calenders - Precision Grinding for Optimum Performance

Thu, Jan 7, 2021 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Roundness specifications for paper machine calender rolls should be 0.0002" or better. However, many paper machines are running calenders with rolls that are being ground to tolerances 4 or 5 times this specification. Usually it is because there is a history of producing acceptable product at these tolerances. However, are the calender stack rolls being changes 2 or 3 times more often than they should? Are there 'mystery breaks' at the dry end of the machine? Are strength test more variable than you would expect? Join us for a quick webinar outlining how proper precision grinding of calender rolls results in significant returns well beyond any additional associated costs. 
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Your Roll Grinding And Service Provider Should Be A Trusted Advisor

Thu, Nov 5, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Your roll grinding and service provider should not simply be an outside maintenance provider that you have to manage. The demands of your manufacturing operations require you to handle personnel, scheduling, production optimization, quality issues, customers and on and on... It makes it difficult to be an expert in roll grinding and servicing when you have everything else to deal with. Well, you shouldn't have to be a roll expert. Your roll grinding and services provider should be a trusted advisor that is consistently providing you with helpful direction on how they are bringing you real economic value. And proving it through proper analysis! Join us for a quick webinar on what you should expect from your roll grinding and servicing. 
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Real Economic Benefits Of Precision Roll Grinding And Services

Thu, Oct 8, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Manufacturers that require routine roll grinding and services usually consider it a maintenance cost to be managed closely. When done well, precision roll grinding and servicing is an investment that returns real economic benefit. Extended roll life defers the time and cost of removing rolls, improved product quality results in savings through less waste and precision roundness and shape can drive material savings and machine operating efficiencies. Your roll grinding and services provider should be a trusted partner and advisor that brings a measurable return to your operation. 
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Cereal And Food Production

Thu, Sept 24, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Cereal and food flaking operations demand precision equipment. Your precision equipment needs precision roll grinding and services to optimize production and quality. Join us for a conversation about how precision roll grinding and services can not only help your cereal or food line produce as efficiently as it was designed to, but improve to levels above and beyond expectations. 
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Chrome Roll Applications

Thu, Sept 3, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Whether you have a coating, laminating or specialty operation that requires the characteristics of chrome plated rolls, the precision requirements of how these rolls should be ground, polished and serviced is critical for optimum operational efficiencies. Please join us for a brief review of what you should expect from your roll grinding and service provider on your chrome rolls. We will also explore surface treatment options beyond chrome that may provide more efficiency than you currently get with chromed surfaces. 
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Paper Machine Press Rolls

Thu, Aug 20, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Your paper machine press section is precision machinery that needs precision roll grinding and servicing. Responsible for critical water removal, sheet strength development and sheet surface properties, the press section must run with precision and consistency. Press section rolls must function at a high level for this to happen and you should expect precision grinding, rebuilding and servicing from your roll services partner.
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Tissue and Towel Machines

Thu, Aug 6, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Tissue and towel machines have recently had to run at unprecedented efficiencies and production rates. Precision roll grinding and servicing is critical for your tissue and towel machines to run at their best. From ensuring the sheet contacts the Yankee dryer properly through having the best surface on your rolls to combat build-up and stickies, precision roll grinding and servicing matters.
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SPECIALTY COATINGS

Thu, Jul 9, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Today’s specialty coaters and laminators are always looking for new ways to run their operations more efficiently and smarter. They need to minimize material waste. And keep their lines up and running for as long as possible. This is an industry where waste reduction relies heavily on limiting/eliminating variation — like machine direction variations (sometimes called “corrugated”) and barring — through the coater or laminator, and the effects that doing so has downstream. Rolls that are not perfectly smooth — with microscopic peaks and valleys — will require the use of more production material. They’ll also create inconsistent product.

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Rubber industry

Thu, Jun 4, 2020 - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Now, more than ever before, material savings is critical for the rubber industry. Current market uncertainties are forcing rubber and tire manufacturers to operate at efficiencies that are unprecedented. Join our industry experts to discover how precision calender roll grinding and services leads to improved material savings and operational efficiencies that typical block grinding cannot provide. The economics are exciting and will make the difference in changing how you think about rubber manufacturing roll grinding and servicing.

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Non-wovens industry

Thu, May 21, 2020

With products related to Covid-19 protection — such as facemasks, medical gowns and disinfectant wipes — seeing unprecedented demand, non-wovens manufacturers around the globe are producing at unprecedented levels. In this webinar, we’ll look at how critical long-lasting, reliable rolls are to your line. “Maximizing your Non-Wovens Production Line” will demonstrate how precision ground and serviced rolls enable you to create consistent, high-quality product; run at higher speeds; and run longer.

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Paper machines

Thu, May 7, 2020

With a huge spike in demand for some consumer paper goods due to the Covid-19 outbreak and weakening demand for others, it’s an extremely challenging time right now for the paper industry. Producers are being asked to run more efficiently than ever — in some cases to produce more than ever before; in others, to control production costs tighter than ever before. What can you and your company do to keep up with these unprecedented changes?

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