• The Prolific

Kevlar Tapes & Ropes for Glass Tempering

The Prolific offers high temperature resistant Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes and Ropes for horizontal toughening and tempering furnaces.

Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes are used as a spiral wrap on the quench rolls of horizontal tempering furnaces. Roller Tapes are used to help convey and protect the hot glass during the rapid cool down process.

During the thermal tempering process glass is heated up in the range at temperatures nearing the melting point. Soon thereafter the glass exits the furnace and is rapidly quenched with cool air to strengthen it. As the glass exits the furnace it is conveyed over a series of cold metal rollers. These quench rollers are spirally wrapped with our TUFF TEMP Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes or Ropes, to prevent the still hot glass from picking up unacceptable thermal checks. The company supply to most of the India's Glass manufacturers with horizontal tempering furnaces as well as to OEM's.

Woven Kevlar Tapes have become the industry standard for flat glass manufacturers because our tapes have consistently proven to offer unmatched wear life and durability. In addition to superior wear life, woven Kevlar Roller Tapes offer several performance advantages over other competing roller wrap materials: Competing roller wrap materials that are round braided ropes, tend to flatten out and get elliptical, especially when running heavier weight glass. This can lead to uneven roller heights throughout the quench section, causing your glass to skew during processing. Woven Kevlar Oven Roller tapes resist deformation and maintain a consistent roller height throughout your range, even after extended use with running heavier weight glass.

The company offers Woven Kevlar Tapes in many different sizes to meet the customer tempering needs.