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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Commander, Comet
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 November 2004
11 Press Installation At Italian
Newspaper Group
KBA is installing nine Commander satellite presses and two Comet four-high towers, with 312 printing couples, are to be installed at six sites of Italian newspaper group Rizzoli Corriere della Sera.
KBA is installing nine Commander satellite presses and two Comet four-high towers, with a total of 312 printing couples, are to be installed at six sites of Italian newspaper group Rizzoli Corriere della Sera (RCS) Four Commander presses are to be installed at the RCS site in Pessano near Milan
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 2 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Each of the four presses comprises essentially three nine-cylinder satellite towers for a cylinder circumference of 1,400mm and a maximum web width of 2,000mm, three KBA Pastomat RC reelstands and a KBA KF five jaw folder.
Two identical configurations will be going to each of the facilities in Rome and Padua, while the ninth overall is to be installed in Bari.
The two Comet presses are earmarked for the RCS print centres in Catania and Genoa.
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Tight schedules up until July 2005 leave no room for compromises.
The deliveries to the individual locations must even be organised concurrently in some cases, as the first two new presses in Pessano are planned to come on stream on January 6 and 23 2005, despite the fact that delays in the construction of the new production halls have already used up the original time reserves.
Before the first two Commander presses can be brought in, it is first necessary to separate parts of the existing, 20-year-old Wifag press line and then to remove the dismantled equipment ready for scrapping.
To enable this to be done without interrupting current production, a travelling gantry and a heavy-duty outside ramp have been erected.
A mobile crane with a lifting capacity of up to 200 tonnes has been manoeuvred into position in front of the hall to take away the heavy press components.
The handling of the new KBA presses is also no less demanding as a single nine-cylinder satellite printing unit already weighs in at 57 tonnes.
Foundation levelling, wood-pillar and titanium stanchions to support the hall ceilings between the reel stand and printing unit levels, and reinforcements to the gantry have been important factors in ensuring smooth completion.
Due to the building delays, the individual Commander sub-assemblies manufactured at the KBA works in Wurzburg, Trennfeld and Frankenthal were first transferred to an intermediate storage location in Settimo Torinese, about 140km from Milan.
Around 100 separate deliveries will be necessary for the four KBA Commander presses in Pessano alone.
KBA chief technician Harald Roth said: "RCS has been very cooperative indeed and has provided valuable assistance to keep things running smoothly.
The flexibility of everyone involved is regularly put to the test, as transport delays caused by the general traffic situation around Milan have to be compensated immediately. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
As a result, it is not unusual to be working 13 or 14 hours a day, weekends included.".
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