Regular maintenance of printing presses is important to prevent premature wear of components, reduce reliability, and impact print quality. Following maintenance schedules ensures maximum life of presses by lubricating key parts like cam followers monthly. Neglecting maintenance can lead to failures of these components and require expensive repairs and downtime. Sticking to manufacturer maintenance programs helps maintain performance and avoid costly issues.

1. Regular Maintenance

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Importance Of Regular
Maintenance
The importance of regular operator maintenance cannot be overstated. All Heidelberg presses
come with comprehensive operator maintenance manuals, and late model presses have
maintenance information, spare parts lists & schedules at the touch of a button in the CP2000
pressCentre.

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Importance Of Regular
Maintenance (Cont’d)
• With today's market pressures and deadlines it is tempting to let maintenance schedules
slip, and if left attended this can lead to premature wear of press components, reduction
of press reliability and poor print quality.
• As an example let's explore what can happen with poor maintenance a key component: -
the cam follower.

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Importance Of Regular
Maintenance (Cont’d)
• This item should be lubricated monthly, (based on a 16 hr day - please check your manual for
specific details). If not properly maintained the cam follower will wear prematurely. This will
lead variations in the gripper opening and closing timing, leading to sheet movement and an
array of print quality issues including color variation, doubling and fit problems.

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Importance Of Regular
Maintenance (Cont’d)
• Worst case scenarios with extended periods of neglect include catastrophic failure
of the follower as well as excessive wear on the cam. This requires an expensive
replacement of components, not to mention the downtime on the press to affect
the repairs.
• Regular maintenance following the HEIDELBERG maintenance program will ensure
maximum press life, reliability and print quality.

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CONTACT US
Rajendra.Prasad@heidelberg.com
www.heidelberg.com

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