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Industrial rollers are typically manufactured in one of three ways. A solid thru-shaft roller includes machining the shaft, machining the discs, manually welding the discs to the shaft, and then manually welding the shaft once it’s been positioned in the tube. While this process works, it involves a lot of manual labor and materials. Another method is a press-fit, which requires the machining of end caps and a tube, and then press-fitting the end caps onto the tube. This met...hod requires fewer parts and machine time than the solid thru-shaft method. A solid core roller is a single piece of material; the rollers are machined at each end of the solid core. While this method requires the fewest pieces and machine time, there’s quite a bit of wasted material in the solid core component. When we design our rollers, we eliminate as much material, machine time, and manual labor as possible by using one of two methods: inertia friction welding or cylindrical roll forming.

Rollers can have a wide range of sizes, materials, and applications. Work with our design engineers to create custom rollers, unique to your needs. https://www.pierceindustries.com/custom-roller-designs/

May your day be merry and bright. Happy holidays, from all of us at Pierce.

When designing your industrial rollers, we use either inertia friction welding or cylindrical roll forming. Inertia friction welding allows us to fuse 2 separate metals. When it comes to rollers, we can easily weld a gudgeon onto a tube, creating your roller with minimal manual labor and virtually no wasted material. Pictured is an example of inertia friction welding. Instead of starting with a solid piece of material and machining off quite a bit of material, we can take individual pieces that are already to spec and fuse them together.

Industrial rollers are typically manufactured in one of three ways. A solid thru-shaft roller includes machining the shaft, machining the discs, manually welding the discs to the shaft, and then manually welding the shaft once it’s been positioned in the tube. While this process works, it involves a lot of manual labor and materials. Another method is a press-fit, which requires the machining of end caps and a tube, and then press-fitting the end caps onto the tube. This met...hod requires fewer parts and machine time than the solid thru-shaft method. A solid core roller is a single piece of material; the rollers are machined at each end of the solid core. While this method requires the fewest pieces and machine time, there’s quite a bit of wasted material in the solid core component. When we design our rollers, we eliminate as much material, machine time, and manual labor as possible by using one of two methods: inertia friction welding or cylindrical roll forming.

Rollers can have a wide range of sizes, materials, and applications. Work with our design engineers to create custom rollers, unique to your needs. https://www.pierceindustries.com/custom-roller-designs/

The inertia friction welding station at Pierce is one of our favorite places. This type of welding is truly incredible! Watch this video to see it in action, and read the article for an in-depth study of the process. https://www.pierceindustries.com//how-inertia-friction-we/

Mars is there, waiting to be reached. -Buzz Aldrin Today, NASA’s vehicle Atlas V-401 will land on Mars for InSight, a discovery mission to learn about the interior of the planet. Hey NASA: if you need rollers, ours are out of this world!... https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/quick-facts/

The packaging industry has a wide variety of uses for rollers. That’s why we have a team of engineers dedicated to creating custom designs for your specific applications. Interested in consulting with a designer? https://www.pierceindustries.com/custom-roller-designs/

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! At Pierce, we are thankful for our loyal employees and our great customers.

Our President and CEO, Dick Webb, is a hands-on leader who brings a customer-centric focus to all of our projects, Read his personal message and learn about his vision of the company. https://www.pierceindustries.com/about/

Inertia friction welding is the pride and joy of our machining capabilities. Watch this video to see how it works, and read the article for a detailed description of how effective and efficient it truly is. https://www.pierceindustries.com//how-inertia-friction-we/

Whether you’re moving small packages or working with industrial sized printers, we custom design rollers to your specific application. Get in touch with a roller specialist to get started on your design. https://www.pierceindustries.com/custom-roller-designs/

At Pierce Industries, we love innovation. Today, we honor an invention that has saved the lives of well over a thousand people. On this day in 1979, Robert Jarvik patented his artificial heart, which would become the first artificial heart to be successfully implanted into a human. Photo: SynCardia Systems, Inc.

Happy National STEM day to all! These educational disciplines are vital to our country, now more than ever. If you are a parent or connect with youth in any way, get them excited about STEM, get them curious, get them asking questions. Here’s to the engineers of tomorrow!