GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2002 -- Showing Signs of Recovery

Automation Advantages

One advocate for automation in the offset pressroom, understandably, is John Dowey, vice president of sheetfed product management at Heidelberg USA. Automation reduces operator involvement in non-productive and unpopular press functions, such as washups; potentially lowers manning requirements; and makes scheduling easier, since the makeready times and first-pull quality are more predictable and consistent, he says.