HOB Certec, the leader in roller innovation and manufacturer of ceramic refractory rollers for roller kilns, confirms the strength of its long-term partnership with SICC – Cogullada, its exclusive distributor in Spain.
SICC – Gruppo Cogullada is a historical distributor of spare parts for the Spanish ceramic sector and Maghreb countries, owned and managed and driven by the Cucó family, and is widely recognized for its technical expertise and deep knowledge of kiln processes. This long-standing collaboration has enabled HOB Certec to effectively support one of the world’s most advanced ceramic tile markets with high-performance refractory roller solutions.
Through continuous technical exchange and close cooperation with end users, HOB Certec and SICC – Grupo Cogullada provide refractory rollers designed for high thermal stability, mechanical reliability, and long service life, contributing to stable kiln operation, reduced downtime, and consistent firing results.
This joint presence further underlines a partnership built on trust, technical competence, and a long-term vision for supporting the ceramic industry with reliable and innovative kiln components.
HOB Certec offers a complete variety of ceramic rollers in a wide range of the diameters and lengths for all kind of tile production. Small sizes to largest slabs of 1,800×3,600 mm with continuous presses. From the standard rollers to high tech rollers and special shaped rollers for specific usage, improving the tile production and offering the highly qualified technical consultation.
HOB Certec supplies the best technical solution for each single client and a specific dotation of each kiln based on the client’s requirements.
HOB Certec is presenting the new type of special type of the roller improving a planarity issues:
New Superringroll IQ. A technical corundum-mullite roller developer to withstand high thermo-mechanical stress, to be installed from the last 2 modules of main firing zone up to the end of 2nd module of rapid cooling zone.
To improve the planarity issues of tiles such as:
„hook“ or „roller“ effect on the tiles caused by the disproportional roller diameter with thin wall thickness of tiles for example 3-6 mm and/or by the excessive plasticity of the tiles with the standard thickness in the main firing zone, especially in case of polished or „lappato“ surfaces.
Improving significantly the output of first choice tiles by limited contact of tiles with the roller surface to only 13%.
High tech rollers:
Hyperroll XT. This extremely strong roller has been designed to withstand the most extreme loads for charging the maximum width of kiln channels with tiles in order to use their production capacity with maximum efficiency. Thanks to its very low porosity the roller is very resistant to aggressive chemical attack.
Hyperroll IQ. Universal intelligent solution for production of all kinds of quality tiles in terms of planarity, straight trajectory in the kiln, reduction of defects and deformations.
Hyperroll NG. Unique strong roller in the market which stands out thanks to its excellent thermal shock resistance. This roller has been designed to withstand the thermal shock when pulling out at maximum working temperature and thanks to its hard surface; it is possible to clean it more times than other rollers in the market.
Hyperroll X. The extra strong technical roller has been developed to withstand the heaviest loads in the main firing zone, especially in the case of long and heavy rollers use.
Hyperroll D. The introduction of this roller has created a revolution within the ceramic rollers market. It is the only ceramic roller with zero porosity and due to this, it has extra high modulus of elasticity and is extremely resistant against chemical attack.
Photo: Javier Cucó (Grupo Cogullada) and Lucie Roubalova (Hob Certec).
