Testimonials

Roll-Kraft is an elite engineering and tooling manufacturing company

I really appreciate all the hard work and diligence that everyone from Roll-Kraft has put forth this year in a continued effort to ensure the success of American Roll Form. I always feel privileged being associated with one of the elite engineering and tooling manufacturing companies. Roll-Kraft provides greater opportunities for ARF and enables us to expand into many marketplaces that require more than the "standard custom roll form supplier". It was great working with each of you this year and I look forward to next year.

Randy Myers
Director Of Engineering Sales
American Roll Form

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Roll-Kraft Meets Our Schedule

Thank you Roll-Kraft for helping us in our times of need. Sometimes our schedule dictates us to jump back on a product line sooner than we normally would. I know I can count on their wonderful staff to help get us the tooling we need, when we need it. They adjust to meet our needs and ensure we are prepared for whatever issues may arise. This has become the Roll-Kraft way and they never let us down. Their staff does its best to make our job much easier. Thank you.

Eric Mampel
Welded Tubes, Inc.

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Very Pleased with Turnaround Time on Weld Rolls

Dan,

Just received the weld rolls back from you for regrind. I'm very pleased with the turn around time.

Nice job.

Mike Benedict
Dundee Products

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Roll Forming Equipment and Processes Aid in Response to Growth

Roll forming equipment and processes have been one of the keys to GRD’s ability to growth over the past few decades. Advances in the roll forming industry prompted the Suwanee Operations team to investigate these changes and pursue the latest technology in the industry. In October of 2010, a decision was made to partner with Roll-Kraft Inc. in Mentor, Ohio to build a new roll forming line for Suwanee Operations. The reasons behind this decision included:

     ●  Increased production capacity
     ●  Backup to existing processes
     ●  Lower cost production tooling

One of the advances in the roll forming industry that allows for lowering the overall tooling cost is the use of “rafted tooling.” Traditionally, a roll form line was built to produce only one part-profile. By mounting the roll tooling on moveable plates or “rafts,” the roll form line is more like a powered punch press with changeable dies. This tooling concept allows the same line to produce multiple parts on the same base with a quick tool change. The new line in Suwanee was tooled for VCS3 frames, VCS3 blades and 530/630 return blades. The changeover time on this line is expected to be 45 minutes or less to switch from one part-profile to another.

In addition to the tooling changes, the latest electronic controls from AMS in Maryland Heights, MO are also in place on this line. This hardware/software combination allows the operator to select parameters by component part number and automatically communicate part data to production control computers.

The specifications for this line were developed to include the current production needs of Suwanee, as well as future considerations. The press and roll sizing for this line will allow for common tooling in all of Price's production facilities in the near future. This will also allow new product profiles to be considered for the economies of roll forming without having to bear the cost of an entire roll forming line.

By improving the manufacturing techniques that helped us be successful in the past, we are poised to grow into the future.

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Roll-Kraft Northern Makes Maintaining Our Tooling Inventory Easier

To whom it may concern,

Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to obtain the services of Roll-Kraft Northern. I am happy to supply them this testimonial.

Being new to the roll-forming industry, I began my relationship with them with limited knowledge of roll tooling. With the help of Dan Ruiz, the Sales staff, Engineering personnel, and all others involved I have been able to maintain our tooling inventory with relative ease. My ultimate responsibility here is making sure we have quality tooling available to manufacture a quality product. The services I’ve received through quality regrinds, low lead times, and on time deliveries has been exceptional, making this possible.

I would also like to recognize Roll-Kraft, as an entity, for being there as support in troubleshooting some of the issues we may have had on our tube mills other than tooling.

I appreciate Dan Ruiz keeping in touch with me on a regular basis to make sure Roll-Kraft Northern is satisfying our needs and look forward continuing our business relationship for years to come.

Sincerely,

Ron Perttu
Tooling Technician
Tectron Tube
DePere, WI

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