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The Commercial Appeal, Memphis select
Harland Simon’s drive upgrade program.
Chicago, IL 22nd August 2007
Following on from the success at Times Herald Record-Middletown,
NY, The Commercial Appeal has selected Harland Simon to complete
their drives upgrade program. In 2005 Harland Simon converted
the drives on their first two presses of their four press
facility. The latest conversion will be carried out in the fall,
with all presses
fully
converted by the end of the year. The upgrade
will replace the remaining obsolete Fincor dc drives with
supportable industry standard dc
drives. Each press line will be controlled by a state-of-the-art
‘non-proprietary’ PLC and an HMI for setting adjustment and
diagnostic display. All new diagnostic routines will be
incorporated into Harland Simons existing maintenance systems
and reports.
Steve Tomb, Director of Operations at Memphis commented, “We
are looking forward to completing our drives upgrade project and
appreciate the professionalism and quality of Harland Simon and
their control systems.”
At all times, the existing system will remain operational until
the new drives are fully tested and integrated into their
current Harland Simon press controls [installed 2000]. The
solution is based on techniques that have been successfully
developed for the replacement of drive systems on different
control systems and multiple press types over the past 10 years.
The motivation to convert was the need to replace obsolete
hardware and integrate these new drives [and new diagnostic
capabilities] into Memphis’s existing HS control system.
John Staiano, Senior Vice President for Harland Simon, further
commented, “We are extremely pleased The Commercial Appeal
has continued to show their commitment to Harland Simon systems,
support and workmanship.”
This drive upgrade follows ac drive conversions at Billings
Gazette, Montana and Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, plus master drive
upgrades at The Journal Times, Racine and Herald and Review,
Decatur.
For
further information, please contact John Staiano, Senior
Vice President Tel:
+001 (630) 572 7650 Email:
john.staiano@harlandsimon.com
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