METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRAND-GUIDING ROLLER

A method for producing strand guiding rollers from prefabricated and semifinished, stored components, which comprise at least roller bearings, prefabricated supporting shafts and semifinished roller shell starting material. The method is intended to produce and deliver a ready-to-assemble strand guiding roller in a short time with minimized stockkeeping costs. Roller bearings are in stock in a type series in accordance with the loads that occur, supporting shafts carrying the roller bearings are in stock in a type series in accordance with the loads that occur, and roller shells are in stock in the form of circumferentially worked bar or tube material in a type series with indeterminate length made to match various roller diameters. For assembly of a specific strand guiding roller, a roller shell with a roller diameter in accordance with the type series is cut off from the circumferentially worked bar or tube material in accordance with the type series to correspond to the intended body length, and is finished and assembled with the other components selected from the type series to form a strand guiding roller.