Coated crimper rolls

In a stuffer box crimping apparatus for crimping synthetic filamentary tow including a stuffer box having an entrance, a pair of driven cylindrical metal rolls having cooperating peripheral surfaces that extend from edge to edge of each roll in a common diameter which form a nip to forward the tow to the stuffer box and which are adjacent said entrance, means to restrict egress of the two from the stuffer box and means to prevent lateral egress of the tow between said nip and said entrance, the improvement comprising, the peripheral surface of each roll having an undercut portion located between opposite edge portions of the roll and a hard wear resistant coating filling said undercut portion to said peripheral surface from edge portion to edge portion whereby each edge of said roll is protected by metal to prevent said coating from chipping during grinding of the roll sides of wear from the means to prevent lateral egrees of the tow between said nip and said entrance.