We know you are maintaining your gravure printing press already and hopefully your maintenance schedule properly addresses the needs of your equipment.
A clean and properly maintained press will help you maintain a consistent level of print quality along with an increased amount of productivity thanks to reduced downtime.

Here are some of the most popular maintenance tips print companies are using to protect their equipment.

Press Maintenance Plan & Schedule

Which Components to Maintain
While you could certainly perform regular maintenance on any or all of the parts, you may not have the bandwidth (or the desire) to do this all of the time. The first step in proper press machine maintenance is defining which parts are the most important to monitor on a regular basis.

Setting the Maintenance Schedule
Based on which components you prioritize for maintenance, you will be able to plan the frequency of your schedule. The fewer parts you feel need to be maintained on a regular basis, the less frequently you will need to schedule maintenance tasks. On the other hand, the more parts you feel need to be monitored and maintained, the more frequently you will be performing the task.

You should also consider whether or not your maintenance tasks will be handled while the machine is in a static state (while the machine is offline) or in a dynamic state. If you opt for static maintenance, you will need to account for the amount of downtime that will result from being in a static state.

Press Equipment Cleaning

How Clean Should the Equipment be?
Based on the frequency of your cleaning schedule, along with the priority or number of components you are maintaining, this can determine how clean you will make the equipment.

For example, maintenance schedules of less frequency means your critical machine components will be cleaned more often and at a rate of 100%. The non-critical components will not be as clean but they will be clean enough to work properly.

A more frequent or demanding cleaning schedule means all of the components will be cleaned 100% of the time (all of the time).

Ink Pan Liners & Drip Trays Help Create a Greater Level of Cleaning Efficiency
To ensure cleaning is quick and easy a good product to use would be ink pan liners or drip trays depending on the press you have.
This will help in making sure you meet the demand of any maintenance schedule & plan.

Critical Maintenance

Gears, Springs, Sprockets
The parts listed above have a big impact on the overall operability and functionality of the machine. Printing press parts ranging from the spring to sprocket wheels, bearings, gears, and rollers will all need to be maintained on a regular (and thorough) basis to ensure the proper performance of the press.

Ink Pans & Fountains
These parts play a large role in ensuring the final product maintains high-quality results. Keeping the ink pans, fountains, and sumps clean maintains color consistency and reduces ink related problems. Think about investing in pans and trays that can easily be disposed of, as well as easily replaced, to reduce unwanted downtime.

Hopefully these tips can help you create a more effective maintenance schedule.

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