NEWSPAPER PRESSES -- Creating Commercial Niches

"Shaftless provides so many benefits to both the printer and press manufacturer; we have only just begun to see the many different facets of the technology," he says. "For the printer, it means independent makeready, flying plate changes, as well as flexibility in color placement and paginations. For the manufacturer, it means no—or certainly less—drive shafts, gear boxes, complete flexibility in add-on placements, and the elimination of costly components such as gearing, shafts, etc. Shaftless can even provide subtleties such as one button operation to bring cylinders to the exact position for plate-up or removal, better tension control and better synchronization between press components."