MainStream 80 Will Feature Sunday Technology in Double Width Straight Format
03/08/1999
The first model in Heidelberg's new family of newspaper
presses will be an eight-page double width press that will run in a
straight format
The MainStream 80 will also be the first newspaper press to incorporate the company's proven Sunday Technology.
After announcing its intentions last November to create a new generation of newspaper presses, Heidelberg released details regarding the first new press at the Newspaper Association of America SuperConference on January 14. The MainStream 80 will be introduced in its full capacity at drupa 2000 in Dusseldorf. "This press, and those that follow in the MainStream family, will make you re-define the way you do business in the future," Heidelberg Web Systems technical sales specialist Peter Walczak told the SuperConference audience.
Heidelberg choose the double width straight format to provide newspaper publishers with greater productivity and flexibility while helping them to reduce operating costs. Sunday Technology will provide the dynamic stability necessary for the press to run at 80,000 revolutions per hour. "Our research included interviews with 90 top newspaper industry decision makers around the world," Walczak explained. "They indicated a preference for straight format presses because of the trend toward uneven paged sections, unbalanced sections, tighter deadlines and narrower print windows."
The MainStream 80's double width straight format will reduce plate consumption by up to 50 percent compared to a 16-page press running straight, and the press will be 100 percent more productive than a single width eight-page press running in collect mode. "Additional cost savings will come from reductions in changeover times, folder complexity, plate related errors and blanket change times," Walczak explained. "A reduction in the number of plates will also make computer to plate a more economically practical option for newspaper applications."
The MainStream 80 will feature a compact tower design with a vertical web lead configuration. It will be available with various inker choices, multi drive, flying edition change capability, a compact flying splicer and optimized folder and former designs for straight format production.
The MainStream 80 is the first newspaper press to incorporate Heidelberg's Sunday Press Technology, including gapless blankets and a shaftless drive system. Sunday Technology has been used to dramatically increase productivity in commercial web offset applications since 1993. The gapless blankets and the shaftless drive system will reduce gap-related mechanical disturbances, torsional vibration and web-flutter, allowing the MainStream 80 to combine double width speed and production capacity with the flexibility of a straight format and a 1:1 plate to blanket ratio. The Sunday Press blankets also eliminate the need for bearers and blanket packing, last longer than conventional blankets and can be changed in as little as 60 seconds with the web still in the press.
Walczak pointed out that the MainStream 80's folders will not require a collect feature, making them less complex. "These folders will be able to produce one to six sections with one section jumps, meaning more flexibility and less compromise for publishers designing and adjusting page counts between eight and 96 pages," he explained.
Heidelberg has been working on the design and production of the new family of newspaper presses since 1996, incorporating its vast experience in both newspaper and commercial web offset production. MainStream presses will be available through an expanded network of sales representatives, including those formerly affiliated only with Heidelberg's high-volume mailroom products, and they will be supported by a worldwide service network. Earlier this year Heidelberg's high-volume finishing operation was integrated with the former Web Press division to form Heidelberg Web Systems. The company is unique in its ability to provide the newspaper industry with complete printing systems including reelroom, press and mailroom products.
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems, Montataire
Pascal Orliac
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 41 89
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 41 24
The MainStream 80 will also be the first newspaper press to incorporate the company's proven Sunday Technology.
After announcing its intentions last November to create a new generation of newspaper presses, Heidelberg released details regarding the first new press at the Newspaper Association of America SuperConference on January 14. The MainStream 80 will be introduced in its full capacity at drupa 2000 in Dusseldorf. "This press, and those that follow in the MainStream family, will make you re-define the way you do business in the future," Heidelberg Web Systems technical sales specialist Peter Walczak told the SuperConference audience.
Heidelberg choose the double width straight format to provide newspaper publishers with greater productivity and flexibility while helping them to reduce operating costs. Sunday Technology will provide the dynamic stability necessary for the press to run at 80,000 revolutions per hour. "Our research included interviews with 90 top newspaper industry decision makers around the world," Walczak explained. "They indicated a preference for straight format presses because of the trend toward uneven paged sections, unbalanced sections, tighter deadlines and narrower print windows."
The MainStream 80's double width straight format will reduce plate consumption by up to 50 percent compared to a 16-page press running straight, and the press will be 100 percent more productive than a single width eight-page press running in collect mode. "Additional cost savings will come from reductions in changeover times, folder complexity, plate related errors and blanket change times," Walczak explained. "A reduction in the number of plates will also make computer to plate a more economically practical option for newspaper applications."
The MainStream 80 will feature a compact tower design with a vertical web lead configuration. It will be available with various inker choices, multi drive, flying edition change capability, a compact flying splicer and optimized folder and former designs for straight format production.
The MainStream 80 is the first newspaper press to incorporate Heidelberg's Sunday Press Technology, including gapless blankets and a shaftless drive system. Sunday Technology has been used to dramatically increase productivity in commercial web offset applications since 1993. The gapless blankets and the shaftless drive system will reduce gap-related mechanical disturbances, torsional vibration and web-flutter, allowing the MainStream 80 to combine double width speed and production capacity with the flexibility of a straight format and a 1:1 plate to blanket ratio. The Sunday Press blankets also eliminate the need for bearers and blanket packing, last longer than conventional blankets and can be changed in as little as 60 seconds with the web still in the press.
Walczak pointed out that the MainStream 80's folders will not require a collect feature, making them less complex. "These folders will be able to produce one to six sections with one section jumps, meaning more flexibility and less compromise for publishers designing and adjusting page counts between eight and 96 pages," he explained.
Heidelberg has been working on the design and production of the new family of newspaper presses since 1996, incorporating its vast experience in both newspaper and commercial web offset production. MainStream presses will be available through an expanded network of sales representatives, including those formerly affiliated only with Heidelberg's high-volume mailroom products, and they will be supported by a worldwide service network. Earlier this year Heidelberg's high-volume finishing operation was integrated with the former Web Press division to form Heidelberg Web Systems. The company is unique in its ability to provide the newspaper industry with complete printing systems including reelroom, press and mailroom products.
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems, Montataire
Pascal Orliac
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 41 89
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 41 24
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