Rubber rollers are essential in various manufacturing processes, including printing, pressing, squeezing, conveying, sanding, grinding, embossing, feeding, cooling, and so much more, and each application has specific roller requirements. At Integrated Solutions, we manufacture custom rubber rollers, along with conveyors, plastic parts, heat induction coils, gears, material handling equipment, and more for our clients across industries.

What Are Rubber Rollers?

A rubber roller is comprised of a steel, carbon fiber, or aluminum alloy core covered by a layer of elastomer compounds. While the shaft needs to be strong and durable as the primary structural component of the roller, it’s the cover and its unique properties that make rubber rollers so versatile and effective. By using different materials, we can customize rollers to meet your needs for shock absorption and resistance to impact, solvents, oils, water, UV light, abrasion, corrosion, and more.

Companies in many industries require rollers to help them move products and materials. It’s a simple concept, but that doesn’t mean one type of roller can do the same job in every application. With thoughtful design and customization, our custom rubber rollers are perfectly suited to take on any task, ensuring efficient equipment operation, high-quality production results, and long service life.

Applications and Industries for Rubber Rollers

Many rollers feature grooves to help release the heat created by friction, smooth wrinkles, or prevent belts from slipping. Between the groove patterns, the size and shape of the roller, and the particular rubber material used, rollers can be fully customized to meet exacting specifications in a range of industries:

Laminating Machines

Laminating Machines

These rollers must be made of a heat-resistant material, like silicone, for large or small lamination projects.

Paper Industry

Paper Industry

For processes like drying, sizing, and calendaring, the paper industry uses various rubber rollers made of materials like EPDM, styrene-butadiene (SBR), neoprene, polyurethane, and natural rubber that meet specific needs for hardness, temperature resistance, and abrasion resistance.

Plastics, Steel Manufacturing, and Roofing Materials Manufacturing Industries

Plastics, Steel Manufacturing, and Roofing Materials Manufacturing Industries

Conveyor, drive, and grooved rollers are common in all sorts of manufacturing processes. Rollers are also used for grinding, sanding, and more.

Textile Mills

Textile Mills

Spreader rollers are used in the textile industry, as well as the paper industry, to remove wrinkles.

Wood Industry

Wood Industry

Polyurethane is a common choice for rollers in the wood industry because it’s flexible, durable, and resistant to low temperatures, oils, solvents, water, and impact. It also offers excellent shock absorption. Rollers in this industry are used for conveying, sanding, grinding, and more.

Printing

Printing

Rubber rollers are used for texture and pattern painting and specialized cleaning applications.

Rubber Rollers at Integrated Solutions

Integrated Solutions has manufacturing capabilities both in the USA (for time-sensitive inquiries that require quick turnaround) and overseas factories (for inquiries that have more time flexibility and cost effectiveness is of key importance). ISI handles all communication, translation, metric conversion, shipping, and importing challenges to streamline your manufacturing experience, eliminating hassle while saving you time and money.

We have years of experience manufacturing rollers for companies in industries like aerospace and automotive, warehousing and distribution, the plastic industry, and others. Whether you need one roller or hundreds of them, we offer high-quality solutions customized to meet your exact specifications.

All our products are backed by a full warranty and 100% guarantee, and we handle all service claims from our California offices. You don’t have to navigate language barriers or time zone challenges—we do it all for you. Our knowledgeable customer care team can help you determine which type of rubber roller is best for your application, and we’re here to answer any questions you might have throughout the manufacturing process. Contact us to learn more about rubber rollers and the various rubber roller materials we have available, or request a quote for your project.