Portals of Basingstoke's - Solution - FEP sleeves for Drying Cylinders Background Portals of Basingstoke (now De La Rue) are manufacturers of security paper used in bank notes. Of necessity, the quality of that paper needs to be perfect. Problem At the time, Portals were experiencing a very high level of rejects because of contamination for sticky build up on the drying cylinders at the size press area of the paper machines. Solution The engineer in charge of the Paper Machines visited the Holscot stand at a Papex exhibition and discovered Holscot’s range of FEP Heat Shrinkable Sleeves which can be fitted on site in Paper Mills. The FEP surface provides the ultimate in non stick. The decision was made to have FEP sleeves fitted to the first two cylinders after the size press in one of the

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