Welding Tips and Tricks

Hey guys, What are the best plate rolls on the market Davi? Mongomery? Webb?
Any input is helpful, thanks!!!

Is anyone rolling plate?

Jason,

This is (oddly) the first time I've hear rolling mentioned here. I've had occasion, on a contract job, to roll my own backing rings for aluminum pipe welds on a few of the small manual machines the shop had, but I did not notice the brand, nor would I have enough experience to give you an opinion. I do know that shop employed a master of the art, as I watched him roll steel "tires" to a perfect end match, and he could roll conical transitions perfectly every time.

Steve S

I was wondering who would be good for a larger size roll probably 3/8"x10' maybe even 1/2"x10'

Well JMT certainly does their share of marketing and they seem to have a pretty nice machine. At the specs your looking for, unless you find one from WW1 that needs all new bearings, plan on spending $25k up to $100k for the real fancy CNC ones. But most plate rollers will be quite comparable unless you are looking for a very specific set of features (ala CNC etc...)

I was guessing it was going to be around 130 we are wanting 4 roll full cnc

Jason_alex wrote:I was guessing it was going to be around 130 we are wanting 4 roll full cnc

Jason, if anyone here is doing that, at that level, they haven't been talking about it. We do have a few people who, if they see this post, may know someone they can refer you to for solid opinions.

Steve S

Thanks,
I am always intrusted by equipment.