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  • Machinery
    • Embossers
      • All Embossers
      • Composite Decking & Siding Embossers
      • Metal Embossers
      • Plastic and Film Embossers
      • Packaging and Foil Embossers
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      • Pilot Lines
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      • Engraved Rolls
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    • Roll Servicing
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      • Grinding | Turning
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      • Nylon Rolls
      • Heat Transfer Rolls
  • Services
    • Research and Development
      • Texture Analysis
      • Pilot Line & Lab Calendering Trials
      • Pattern and Product Development
    • Service Technicians
      • Mechanical Evaluations | Engineering Review
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Film Calenders

Alliance is the premier producer of Film Calenders

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film calender

Film Calenders

A Calender employs two or moe steel rolls that close under pressure to smooth, compress and in some cases partially bond material's film. They can be employed in an 'off line', converting setting or in an integrated production facility. Alliance machines in use today range from over 260" wide to less than 12" wide. Each designed for a specific application.

Markets Served

Building Products and Automotive

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horizontal calender

Calender Designs

  • 50-2500 PLI
  • Widths up to 6.5 meters
  • Heated
  • Independently driven rolls

Embossing Calenders

  • Point bonding

Thermal Bonding Calenders

  • Oil or electrically heated with a single or double shell roll
  • Thermal Laminators

Vertical Calender

  • Multiple roll configuration 

Horizontal Calender

  • Mutliple roll configuration 

Additional Features Available

Automatic bearing lubrication system

  • PLC and Touchscreen Based System that delivers oil lubrication to each bearing on the calender
  • Sensors installed in each oil line activate an alarm on the touchscreen when oil is not delivered
  • System can be installed on any new or existing calenders

Skewable Housings

  • Compensation for Roll Deflection
  • Maximum versatility of calender - no roll crowning 

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We are a global supplier of engraved embossing rolls and a manufacturer of the machines that use them. Our U.S. East Coast location makes us an ideal supplier to manufacturing facilities on both sides of the Atlantic. And the Equator.

Headquarters:
10190 Maple Leaf Ct.
Ashland, VA 23005

Office: +1-804-798-1199
Cell: +1-804-921-0596
Fax: +1-804-798-1195

DID YOU KNOW...?

Not all metal embossing rolls are created equal. Our 63 – 65 Rockwell C roll sets are induction hardened for maximum case depth and have a chrome content of 3% min to add toughness.

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