A non-woven covered roller comprising: a shaft with a uniform smooth outer surface without keys; and a converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube adhered to the shaft, wherein the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube has an outer surface and an inner surface and comprises: a non-woven seamless tube comprising a needle-tacked web of fibers formed into a seamless tube; and a continuous converted resin layer that saturates the non-woven seamless tube and coats the outer surface of the shaft to bond it to the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube under a roll face pressure of up to 344.7 kPa (50 PSI) and temperature of up to 149°C (300°F) for at least 100 hours with sufficient force to permit under primary metal fabrication conditions a lifespan when exposed to metal debris from a metal web during primary metal fabrication operations of the non-woven covered roller that is similar to that of rubber, urethane, or vinyl covered rollers that have not been exposed to the metal debris; and wherein the non-woven covered roller has a hardness of at least 35 wet Shore A and the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube has a void volume of at least 4 percent. a shaft with a uniform smooth outer surface without keys; and a converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube adhered to the shaft, wherein the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube has an outer surface and an inner surface and comprises: a non-woven seamless tube comprising a needle-tacked web of fibers formed into a seamless tube; and a continuous converted resin layer that saturates the non-woven seamless tube and coats the outer surface of the shaft to bond it to the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube under a roll face pressure of up to 344.7 kPa (50 PSI) and temperature of up to 149°C (300°F) for at least 100 hours with sufficient force to permit under primary metal fabrication conditions a lifespan when exposed to metal debris from a metal web during primary metal fabrication operations of the non-woven covered roller that is similar to that of rubber, urethane, or vinyl covered rollers that have not been exposed to the metal debris; and wherein the non-woven covered roller has a hardness of at least 35 wet Shore A and the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube has a void volume of at least 4 percent. a non-woven seamless tube comprising a needle-tacked web of fibers formed into a seamless tube; and a continuous converted resin layer that saturates the non-woven seamless tube and coats the outer surface of the shaft to bond it to the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube under a roll face pressure of up to 344.7 kPa (50 PSI) and temperature of up to 149°C (300°F) for at least 100 hours with sufficient force to permit under primary metal fabrication conditions a lifespan when exposed to metal debris from a metal web during primary metal fabrication operations of the non-woven covered roller that is similar to that of rubber, urethane, or vinyl covered rollers that have not been exposed to the metal debris; and wherein the non-woven covered roller has a hardness of at least 35 wet Shore A and the converted-resin-saturated non-woven seamless tube has a void volume of at least 4 percent.