Countdown to drupa 2012 has Started for Heidelberg Stand Construction

The heaviest individual component, the Dymatrix 106 diecutter, is 10 meters (33 feet) long, 2.70 meters (9 feet) wide, 3 meters (10 feet) high, and weighs 33 metric tons alone. In all, 12 presses and 11 postpress machines will be installed at the Heidelberg booth.

The volume of materials that Galm has to provide for power supplies, communications, and setting up a data network is also impressive. His “must do” list includes 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) of fiber optic cables, 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) of 230 V power lines, 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) of telephone lines, 8.5 kilometers (5 miles) of cables, 6 kilometers (4 miles) of data cables, and a whole lot more besides. To show the machines in the right light, he also needs 1,150 conventional and 400 LED spotlights with a total output of 1.2 megawatts, while 130 loudspeakers will ensure the correct acoustics.