Forming
Metso has various covers to offer for your forming section, depending on the roll in question. We have developed unsurpassed rubber compounds and hard coatings for challenging conditions.
For your forming section applications we offer such roll covers as:
- DriveShark Z rubber cover for drive rolls
- GuideMustang rubber cover for guide and felt lead rolls
- ProTec Plus Family composite cover for felted and wire rolls
- GuideColt composite cover for wire, felt and paper guide rolls
- WireGem hard coating for forming section rolls
Bone-hard rubber materials have been used for fabric and felt guide roll covers for decades. In the world of paper machines, especially in the case of guide roll covers, we have only seen some facelifts, and ebonite rubber materials still dominate today.
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