V. KIVOTOPOULOS S.A. provides complete and effective lining of rollers. In addition, it offers its clients a wide range of services associated with machining processes.

The company’s modern machine-shop is fully equipped for a wide range of jobs from manufacturing new metal cores to restoring old ones to their previous functional state. Naturally, this also includes restoring stub shafts and bushings to their initial dimensional tolerances. The stub shaft restoration process is achieved by means of superimposing metal lining with the use of flame spraying, thus avoiding thermal strain on the metal body of the roller. This means that we can repair stub shafts even on rollers that have already been lined with new rubber, without the risk of damaging the rubber.  
The company also offers dynamic balancing services to its clients for rollers since dynamic balancing is absolutely necessary in the case of rollers rotating at high speeds.

Isopropyl alcohol (IPA), the suggested additive in most dampening systems, has become the object of strict environmental restrictions due to the volatile nature of the material.

Aside from everything else, isopropyl alcohol in vapour form is an irritant. The most recent trend involves the gradual removal of this material from dampening solutions. One of the properties of isopropyl alcohol is that it achieves uniform distribution and transfer of water on the rubber dampening rollers.
The removal of alcohol from dampening solutions has also brought about significant changes in the rubber covering mixtures of rollers. Zero Alcohol rubber mixtures achieve uniform transfer of the dampening solution, without the use of isopropyl alcohol.

V. Kivotopoulos S.A. uses Zero Alcohol quality for lining rollers with materials exhibiting controlled hydrophilic properties that are compatible with alcohol-free dampening solutions.

V. Kivotopoulos S.A. manufactures rollers under the supervision of a quality assurance system which has been certified by an external accreditation body according to EN ISO 9001:2000 standard.

From May 18 to May 21 2007.