Hello,
I am currently doing a top to bottom review of my pressroom efficiency and wanted to see if anyone had information as to what the industry standards are for make ready times on both a sheetfed (we currently run a 5 color + coater XL 105 and a heatset web (6 color).
Both presses have preset ink keys, closed loop color.
The XL 105 has semi auto plate loaders and the web has auto plate loaders.
Our average MR time on the sheetfed is 10 minutes from shut down to saving on the next job and 13 mins on the web.
I've seen various figures around but seems the industry standard is 20 mins per color.
Also, would like to get the same information for make ready waste if anyone has it.
On the web I've seen the standards set at 5,000 for an initial MR and 3,000 for a follow on MR but I haven't been able to find anything on sheetfed.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Jud
I am currently doing a top to bottom review of my pressroom efficiency and wanted to see if anyone had information as to what the industry standards are for make ready times on both a sheetfed (we currently run a 5 color + coater XL 105 and a heatset web (6 color).
Both presses have preset ink keys, closed loop color.
The XL 105 has semi auto plate loaders and the web has auto plate loaders.
Our average MR time on the sheetfed is 10 minutes from shut down to saving on the next job and 13 mins on the web.
I've seen various figures around but seems the industry standard is 20 mins per color.
Also, would like to get the same information for make ready waste if anyone has it.
On the web I've seen the standards set at 5,000 for an initial MR and 3,000 for a follow on MR but I haven't been able to find anything on sheetfed.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Jud