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After about the 12th time of this occurring in the last 18 months, I thought I would ask around to see if anyone else has had the same problem or is it just me!! Running a CD102 7 colour 1998 model, and the oscillation on all units keeps failing, the bolt that attaches the arm from the cam to...

Just been for an interview for a vacancy running a 6 colour 102CD with coater, small company just the one press, but the rate on offer really surprised me, the press is operated by one man, no assistant, the shift pattern is triple rotating shifts, and the rate is £12 per hour, if you take off...

Hi Everyone, has anyone out there ever replaced the gripper opening cam on the chain delivery gripper bar on a 102, I think the press is a 1997 model, looking at the parts book and the press itself it looks like it could be a bit tricky, can anyone help?

Hello fellow pressmen, I was wondering if there is a definitive order when printing for instance 873 or 877 type reversed out of a black, or other dark coloured solid, should there be a spread on the type with the black net fit printed after, or should it be the other way round, ie the black...

Hello fellow pressguys, Does anyone out there know what the UV function on the Heidelberg cp tronic actually does, it is there alongside the waterless function, what does it change if anything, I am curious because the press seems to run better with UV inks in conventional mode with the varios...

hello everyone, I have just started a new job running a 102 using uv inks and printing on plastics and foils with low migration inks, I am having a lot of bother with excess water on the press, no where for it to go right, anyway I enquired about turning on the linear fans that blow on the...

Hi everyone, having some issues with picking on the tail edge of solids and type etc on blankets, but only on one kind of stock, 100gsm matt text, all other stocks are fine but this one is really bad, so bad that is almost dents the blankets. The press is a 4 col Ryobi and the inks we use are...

I think I have a bad case of the pressman blues, and who can blame me, here is my gripe. When I came to Canada 11 years ago I was making 36 bucks and hour, pretty good money you will agree, and somewhere near the top of the scale for a first pressman, now 11 years later I am doing the same job...

Hi I was wondering if anyone can tell me what effect the addition of alcohol sub and fount has on the conductivity of fount solution. I am running a 105XL CD and using Saphira fount at 3% and Saphira sub at 2.5%, the conductivity in the mixing tank measures around 2300 which seems really high...

More bad news in the industry, I heard today that Heidelberg are closing down their Canadian marketing office, now it all goes through their office in Atlanta. As well as those losing their jobs in marketing they have also laid off some service egineers and other staff.

Hi everyone, I am currently running a 6 col 105Xl CD, the press is 13 months old but I have only been on it for 4 months, I initially noticed that there was a lot of ink on the bearers, grippers, cams and cam followers, almost like a duct had been leaking or someone had dropped ink down inside...

I printed a two colour job last week on our old 6 col 102 which doesn't have any lamps, when I came in the next morning the pressroom seemed unusually warm, I checked the stacks of printed work and they were seriously hot. I am guessing this is some sort of chemical reaction taking place, but...

Hi folks, came across a problem last week on the 105XL CD I was running, after about 20,000 impressions the cyan ink began to strip off the rubber rollers and build up on the rislans in a strip about 6 inches wide, just off to the OS, tried running less water but that made no difference, neither...

Hi everyone, I very recently find myself out of a job, another victim of this horrendous recession we find ourselves in. I now have the daunting task of finding new employment which I know is not going to be easy, and with that in mind does anyone know of good on-line source where I can find a...

This is a bit of an ongoing problem as it has happened in other shops I have worked in, anyway the problem is with the water pan on our Heidelberg's, as far as I can see it is too close to the oscillating damp roller, and after a short time the gap is bridged with ink, which then just pulls more...

I have asked this question before without any response so I am trying again, does anyone have experience with Tresu's modluar coating systems. My workplace has one on their SM 40" and there is nothing we can do to stop the coating building up on the last transfer cylinder and marking the sheet...

I was handed this press release by a friend of mine who is a recent convert to KBA, it is very impressive if it is indeed true, but could this ever happen in the real world...

Hello everyone and hopefully some light can be shed on this problem. What it is, is the RO unit at our plant has ceased to function and we are now using straight tap water for the presses, I have questioned the wisdom of this but our pressroom supervisor insists that there is no difference...

Does anyone out there have any experience of Tresu modular coating units? We have two on our 12 colour speedo and are having a lot of problems with leaking and the blankets distorting due to the close proximity of the IR lamps and the heat they generate, also we have been told that when we are...