rolls position above it the weight of the bearings and the unsupported portions of the rolls cause a downward deflection of the roll ends mounting the roll bearings to arms which are supported by hydraulic loading cylinders allows the weight of the unsupported portion of the rolls plus the bearing housings to be supported as explained more fully in u s patent application ser no 09 303 587 pct fi98 00392 the loading angle which defines the linear loading of intermediate rolls can also be controlled by the use of hydraulic loading cylinders which are mounted to support the arms to which the roll bearings are mounted referring to fig1 and 2 the calender 20 provides the benefit of using hydraulic loading cylinders 30 to support the bearing housings 32 of the intermediate rolls 34 which are mounted on the arms 36 the roll support arms 36 are mounted to a weldment 38 by pivots 39 the weldment 38 is bolted to an existing calender frame 24 as shown in fig4 the loading cylinders 30 are arranged so that the extension of the pistons 46 do not interfere with the mounting of the loading cylinder 30 of the next higher intermediate roll 34 as shown in fig1 the bearing housings 32 of each intermediate roll have piston mounting brackets 42 which extend towards and partly between the sides 44 of the weldment 38 as shown in fig3 and 4 hydraulic loading cylinders 30 is comprised of the piston 46 which is mounted to the piston mounting bracket 42 and a hydraulic cylinder 48 which is mounted between lower support cylinder brackets 50 which are mounted between the two spaced apart vertical walls 44 of the weldment 38 the lower.