Protea RollerCompany

Heavy machinery, lightly handled. A specialist maker of cricket-pitch rollers, given a website as precise as its machines.

Fig. 1 Double Drum Ride-On, side elevation. Operable: drag it across the pitch, fill the drums, repaint it.

Drag the roller

Passes: 0
Rolled: 0 m
Pitch firmness: 0%
On the ground: 480 kg/m

Water ballast 1.2 T

Drained · 1.2 TFull · 2.4 T

Painted to order

Or letter it for your club

Inspect the machine

Kingswood Cricket double drum roller, showing both drums — **Drums**Two rolls in 10 mm plate, Ø 800 mm, with a 1250 mm roll width, carried on six heavy-duty pillar block bearings.Photograph and figures: Protea Roller Company

Hamilton Cricket double drum roller in side view — **Ballast**Fill the drums for firm, in-season pitches; drain them for early-season work. 1.2 T empty, 2.4 T full, which is 960 kg per metre of roll.Photograph and figures: Protea Roller Company

Cornwall Hill Cricket roller, engine and hydraulics visible — **Drive**A petrol engine drives a hydraulic pump through a 2:1 gearbox reduction. The hydraulic motor turns the rear roll by sprocket and chain.Photograph and figures: Protea Roller Company

Kingswood roller: seat, controls and articulated joint — **Steering**Articulated at the front roller, with hydraulic power steering. One operator, one control valve for braking, clutching and speed.Photograph and figures: Protea Roller Company

Lotto-sponsored roller with canopy, in yellow, green and red — **Canopy & colours**A canopy as standard. Every machine is manufactured to order, then painted and branded to the club’s specification.Photograph and figures: Protea Roller Company

§ 1 The opportunity

Exceptional engineering. A digital presence ready to match.

Since 1991, Protea Roller Company has been manufacturing specialist cricket pitch rollers and bowling green polishers. Decades of engineering experience and craftsmanship deserved a digital presence that reflected the quality of the machines themselves.

The brief was to create a distinctive, professional digital presence that reflected the quality, craftsmanship and engineering expertise behind Protea Roller Company’s machinery.

Lotto-sponsored double drum ride-on roller in red, yellow and green — **Fig. 2** Double drum ride-on

Single drum walk-behind roller, detail — **Fig. 3** Single drum walk-behind

Bowling green polisher on a green — **Fig. 4** Bowling green polisher

§ 2 The response

Industrial clarity. Editorial precision.

Bold typography gives the design a confident, industrial character, while carefully arranged specifications bring clarity to the technical details. Pavilion green and subtle brass accents create a restrained backdrop, leaving the machines themselves to take centre stage.

The site was designed to make exploring and comparing machinery straightforward. Each product has its own dedicated page, with clear specifications, downloadable product sheets and an easy route to requesting a quote. Everything prospective buyers need to make an informed decision, without having to hunt for it.

Table 1 As published on the site: figures a groundsman can scan, not phone the workshop for.

AttributeDouble drum ride-onSingle drum walk-behind

ApplicationCricket pitchCricket pitch

Weight, empty1.2 T650 kg

Weight, ballasted2.4 T1150 kg

Rolling mass width factor960 kg/m960 kg/m

Drum diameterØ 800 mmØ 800 mm

Rolling width1250 mm1200 mm

Number of rollers21

DriveHydraulic pump & motorPetrol, mechanical

The specification comparison table on the Protea site — **Fig. 5** Compare all three

The double drum ride-on product page — **Fig. 6** One page per machine

Client: Protea Roller Company
Scope: Web Design · Industrial · Business Transformation
Result: A refined digital showcase that puts Protea Roller Company’s craftsmanship and machinery front and centre, giving prospective buyers a clear view of the products, their specifications and an easy path to making an enquiry.

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