Goss Introduces Three-around Option for Newspaper Printing

For collect operations using Triliner technology, sections come in breaks of three, rather than two. The Triliner jaw folder collects the three images around the plate cylinder to produce three sections per former, providing 50 percent more section fronts, section backs and panorama center positions. A second advantage, according to Richards, is a 50-percent increase in color pages without additional towers, due to the fact that all the new sections have color in the same positions as the original sections.

A comprehensive approach
Goss Triliner technology includes conversion of plate cylinders, unique folding technology and postpress modifications. Plate cylinders are converted to accept one plate around, in place of the existing two plates around. The retrofit can be completed one couple at a time to minimize interruptions of production. The three-page images are all burned onto one plate, improving register and reducing by 50 percent the number of plates to be changed. The one-plate-around approach also delivers the versatility to run both Triliner and conventional cutoff products with the same press, utilizing different folders.

The Triliner folder design combines asymmetrical folding, shorter cutoffs and the ability to triple collect. The folder is based on the Goss FPS folder and incorporates features from earlier Goss folders that performed the triple-collect operation.