Tuff Temp Corporation

It is our pleasure to supply you with No Charge product samples for head to head comparison testing. This is the best way for us to prove our value to you, and we welcome the opportunity to do so! Proud Member of the Aluminum Extruders Council TUFF TEMP Cooling Table Pads are also available in a variety of different thickness', densities and plys. However our 2-ply nominal 14" (6 mm) thick and nominal 38" (9 mm) thick 100% Kevlar belting, Wear Gard or Wear Gard Plus treated, has proven to be the most cost effective product for your handling system. Pads can be custom fabricated to your specific width and length requirements, up to a 24" (610 mm) width maximum, with no defined limitation on length.

Available in nominal 12" (12 mm) thick and nominal 1" (25 mm) thick multiple plied woven constructions, our TUFF TEMP high-density flight bar pads have proven to be the industry's longest lasting and most durable Flight Bar Pads. In starting out with tough mechanically enhanced 100% Kevlar yarns, all TUFF TEMP woven products have inherent cut and abrasion resistance. However, this durability is significantly enhanced in our Flight Bar Pads through use of dense, multiple plied constructions. Our 12" (12 mm) thick pads are comprised of 8 dense plys of woven Kevlar, and our 1" (25 mm) thick pads are comprised of a full 16 woven plys. TUFF TEMP Pad durability is also significantly enhanced from application of our value-added treatments, called Wear Gard or Wear Gard Plus, for conveyance of your Hottest & Heaviest weight extrusions. Applied though a heated, high tension curing range, our protective Wear Gard treatment imparts added cut and abrasion resistance to the base material. It also makes the pads stiffer, making them ideal for fabricating, while substantially reducing the risk of fraying. TUFF TEMP Flight Bar Pads can be effectively bonded to your equipment with good industrial grade contact cement. This eliminates the risk of potential scratches associated with countersunk screw heads that are typically used for attaching other types of handling system materials. It is our pleasure to supply you with No Charge product samples for head to head comparison testing. This is the best way for us to prove our value to you, and we welcome the opportunity to do so!

TUFF TEMP Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes and Ropes are used as a spiral wrap on the quench rolls of horizontal tempering ranges. Our TUFF TEMP Roller Tapes and Ropes 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. Today, TUFF TEMP Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes and Ropes are supplied to most of the world's largest horizontal tempering range manufacturers. Our customers include the leading horizontal tempering range OEM's in all corners of the world. In addition to supplying the OEM's, TUFF TEMP CORP. also directly supplies numerous secondary glass tempering companies. Our global customers include many of the world's largest flat glass manufacturers as well as many small and mid-size companies as well. Whether a multi-billion dollar multinational company, or a small local startup, all TUFF TEMP customers are treated with the highest level of customer service. TUFF TEMP woven Kevlar Oven Roller Tapes and Ropes have become the industry standard for flat glass manufacturers and horizontal tempering range OEM's because our Tapes and Ropes have consistently proven to offer unmatched wear life and durability.

Tuff Temp Corp. offers a complete line of Textile products (Woven Tapes & Sleeves, Knitted Sleeves, Non-Woven Needle Punched Felts & Ropes) based on Stainless Steel (316L) fibers whice offer unmatched heat resistance (up to 650 C 1200 F) and excellent performance in many glass making applications such as Automotive Glass, Glass Bottles and Cathode Ray Tube (TV) Glass. Main benefits include: Softness, Flexibility, Excellent Abrasion Resistance, Durability & Very High Temperature Resistance.

TUFF TEMP Corp. manufactures a unique Endless Transfer Belt that combines both superior heat and abrasion with outstanding mechanical performance TUFF TEMP can provide unmatched levels of durability and wear life for your handling systems. However, for Endless Transfer Belts, mechanical performance issues, such as minimal belt stretch and proper belt tracking are equally important and TUFF TEMP exerts 25+ years of engineering expertise to ensure a high standard on these measures. All TUFF TEMP Transfer Belts are joined endless using a unique splice that contains only 100% Kevlar non-marking textile materials and functions as a virtually seamless joint. The strength, integrity and dimensional stability of this join is excellent Belts can be driven on pulleys as small as 3" (75 mm) in diameter and belt stretch has consistently proven to be minimal. Any potential belt stretch is also further controlled through our use of pre-stretched belts. Prior to installing the endless splice, all transfer belts are either Wear Gard treated or Water Stretched treated in one of our in house curing ranges. Both treatments subject the belting to a high degree of tension during operation, effectively pre-stretching it before it runs on your system. Once pre-stretched, the belting is carefully measured to your defined length specification, and our unique splice is then installed. All TUFF TEMP Endless Transfer Belts are fabricated and thoroughly inspected to exacting standards for consistency in both width and straightness throughout the length of the belting, including the spliced area. With a high degree of dimensional stability and consistency in both width and lack of curvature, TUFF TEMP ensures good tracking on your conveyors, with minimal belt travel.

TUFF TEMP manufactures two distinct product lines of seamless tubular textile products, which are ideal for use as high temperature roller covers. Since the mid-1970's TUFF TEMP has manufactured and supplied a unique seamless woven Kevlar Tubing, and we have now recently developed a unique heavyweight knitted tubular product called TUFFNIT. Both our woven tubing, and our TUFFNIT tubing, are manufactured in a wide variety of Inside Diameter (I.D.) sizes to fit your particular rollers. For any size not readily available from our extensive inventory list, our staff of highly skilled Textile Engineers can custom develop a high performance tubing to fit your particular roller specifications. As with our lines of high temperature resistant conveyor belting, tapes, and fabricated wear pads, TUFF TEMP seamless tubing exhibits superior temperature resistance, outstanding durability, and is completely non-marking on your product. All TUFF TEMP tubing has been engineered and designed to deliver the absolute longest material wear life, enabling your plant to achieve the longest continuous production runs, with far less costly maintenance down time. Within the glass industry, TUFF TEMP tubing has long been used as protective roller covers within the hot end of automotive glass bending and tempering ranges. TUFF TEMP tubing is used as a protective roller covering on press bending rollers, blasthead rollers, and cooling rollers. TUFF TEMP seamless tubing is currently being used by many of the world's largest flat glass manufacturers. In addition, TUFF TEMP tubing is also supplied OEM to many of the leading manufacturers of horizontal bending and tempering range equipment. Our TUFF TEMP seamless woven tubing and TUFFNIT tubing are the ideal protective covering for your rollers because: TUFF TEMP tubing has proven temperature resistance up to 1350º F 732º C, making it ideal to handle the higher temperatures experienced in the press bending section of the range Using large mechanically enhanced Kevlar yarns, TUFF TEMP tubing has superior cut resistance, so it better resists tearing from glass breakage – a common failure point amongst competing roller cover materials TUFF TEMP seamless tubing adheres well to your rollers with virtually no slack or creases, providing superior optics on the hot glass