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News Release from: Baldwin Technology Company Inc | Subject: Protech HS blanket brush cleaning technology
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 January 2008
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Two units of of Baldwin's Protech HS brush cleaning technology have been ordered by UK web offset printer BGP following the successful retrofit of a Protech HS on a 72-page MAN Roland Lithoman press.
The five-year old press had been moved to BGP's Bicester factory from the group's Colchester site and the company has now bought Protech HS systems for two new 72-page Lithoman machines, which are due for delivery in February and April Protech HS is Baldwin's most recent blanket brush cleaning model and incorporates an injection system that is claimed to ensure constant, uniform application of the washing agent on to the brush roller
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new spraying technology incorporated in to the system is also said to eliminate the risk of blocked nozzles and it requires little maintenance.
Baldwin claimed that its brush cleaning technology is an established automatic blanket cleaning system that provides advantages over manual cleaning, including reductions in the use of blanket wash solutions and cuts in paper waste and make-ready times.
It is also said to ensure a thorough, even clean of the blanket, whilst offering health and safety improvements.
Ken Barton, the operations manager at BGP Bicester, explained: "Since the Lithoman was commissioned here we have run it around the clock, seven days-a-week and the Protech HS system has provided a first class clean of all blankets with total reliability.
We handle runs on this press from 10,000 to 700,000, using stock between 42gsm - 115gsm, so blanket cleaning would be a major task if we didn't have such an efficient system." He continued: "Retrofitting the Baldwin equipment was straight forward.
We normally carry out a clean after every 45,000 copies or during every second full make-ready and the Protech HS has proved to be very easy to operate, whilst providing our press operators with good access for servicing the press.
The Protech HS equipment gives us the flexibility to automatically clean blankets off and on-impression and in both cases the system provides a trouble-free, thorough clean with minimal paper waste.".
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