Overview

Harland Simon, industry leader in press control systems, has proved that immediate and substantial savings are now possible with a comprehensive range of reelstand upgrade packages. Harland Simon’s suite of upgrade options can be applied to a range of reelstand designs and provides a cost-effective way to get better performance and extended life from your
reelstands. In fact, in many cases, the cost of the upgrades can be recouped in paper savings in less than a year.

Experience

Don’t Just Take our Word For It! Paul Barker, Print Manager for Newsquest Wingates (a Gannett Company), where Harland Simon recently upgraded the static belt reelstands on the refurbished Metroliner press line says:

"The Harland Simon upgrade has been part of our quest for excellence.The upgrade has improved our productivity by reducing down time and improving our waste performance. Partnership with Newsquest and Harland Simon resulted in no loss of production during installation due to the excellent scheduling of the Engineering work around our print schedule."



Reduced Splice Waste

Waste can be reduced by up to 200 copies on each and
every splice by accurate tension control. Let’s put a value
to that. For a typical newspaper printer doing 250 splices
per week and saving 200 copies per splice this gives a
saving of over £150,000/$240,000 per year.

Reduced Splice Failures

Typically splice success rates can be increased to 99%
so increasing efficiency of your press operation.

Reduced Core Waste

With better reelstand control, the amount of paper
required to be left on the expired reel to provide a
consistent paste can be reduced substantially.

Reduced Maintenance Costs

Less downtime due to reliable, modern electronics.
No need for time consuming setting up of components
such as needle valves when all settings are now stored
digitally. Much improved monitoring, diagnostics and logging.

Newsprint Performance Monitoring

When integrated to a press control
system and/or newsprint inventory
control, monitoring of newsprint supplier
performance can be achieved.

What Does the Upgrade Involve?

These are just some of the things that might be applicable
to your reelstands:

• Replacement of existing electronics and sequencing equipment in the paster panels with standard PLC equipment
• Replacement of complex pneumatic tension control system with standard PLC equipment
• Replacement of existing limit and proximity switches
• Highly skilled commissioning engineers for fine tuning to minimise waste and maximise runability
• Installation
• Integration to existing press controls
• Centralized diagnostics and 24/7 remote support
• Interface to PRIMA RTS (Reel Tracking System) to manage paper throughout your production process

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