Smell This Smell
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- Joined
- 2017
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- Geo
- Mesa, az
So my back story- I have been running waterless printing presses since 2004 when I started on a Heidelberg QMDI 46 4 color. The company upgraded machine size in 2008 to a KBA Karat 74 - a 2000 model year, refurbished, but repainted blue (originally a red press). 4 color NO coater unit. The company I work for prints Scorecards and Yardage Books for Golf courses Internationally. The majority of the scorecards, most of the work running though the press, is run on 80# uncoated 100% recycled paper.
We have recently installed (late 2016) a KBA Karat 74, model year 2004 WITH coater, and put the non coater press (2000) to pasture for parts.
I have only seen the coater in action the one time that I demo-ed the press before we bought it and had it shipped to us. I did the majority of setting up the fixtures/ jiggs to move the old press out, and did all the removing of the jiggs of the newer press when it was set in place. I rewired all the accessory power to the air compressor, and chiller unit myself.
Sorry for the long read, but I have my first job coming up that needs to have a coating put down on it, and I know mostly know how the system is set up, and how it works- I have read the documents that deal with the coater- 3 different "pamphlets" One for the coater head, one for the press adjustments and blanket cutting, and one for the coater pump cabinet.
Being that this is the first job that I will have to run the coater on, I'm just a bit nervous, considering I have to do it tomorrow, and have already heard stories of overflowing of coating through the press- coating head overflowing and running down through the press and making a mess everywhere.
I could really use some good vibes, or positive affirmations, or whatever you have to make me less worried- tips, hinds, anything...
I have pretty much everything cleaned up and read to do the Soft Touch coating in the morning------ So wish me luck and Thank You if you made it through all this.
We have recently installed (late 2016) a KBA Karat 74, model year 2004 WITH coater, and put the non coater press (2000) to pasture for parts.
I have only seen the coater in action the one time that I demo-ed the press before we bought it and had it shipped to us. I did the majority of setting up the fixtures/ jiggs to move the old press out, and did all the removing of the jiggs of the newer press when it was set in place. I rewired all the accessory power to the air compressor, and chiller unit myself.
Sorry for the long read, but I have my first job coming up that needs to have a coating put down on it, and I know mostly know how the system is set up, and how it works- I have read the documents that deal with the coater- 3 different "pamphlets" One for the coater head, one for the press adjustments and blanket cutting, and one for the coater pump cabinet.
Being that this is the first job that I will have to run the coater on, I'm just a bit nervous, considering I have to do it tomorrow, and have already heard stories of overflowing of coating through the press- coating head overflowing and running down through the press and making a mess everywhere.
I could really use some good vibes, or positive affirmations, or whatever you have to make me less worried- tips, hinds, anything...
I have pretty much everything cleaned up and read to do the Soft Touch coating in the morning------ So wish me luck and Thank You if you made it through all this.