The existing Mark Andy 830 presses are difficult to wash-up between jobs. This is particularly true of stations 1 and 2. The tendency is for pressmen to jog the press while wiping the rolls. Sometimes a shop towel or hand gets caught. Even with the quick-change system, lint or other foreign material can find its way to the inking rolls. Pressmen tend to remove these while the press is running.

With our system, the anilox has a replaceable single aluminum pin on one end that drives it. The anilox drives the meter roll. This pin is intended to shear if there is a jam. If it should shear, the inking rolls will not turn.

In the event the press would be started and the print station is in place but not fully locked pneumatically, the station will be "kicked" from place by the anilox driver stub. The shear pin takes the entire load in this instance and acts to protect all other parts from damage.

Most significantly, the system removes all the temptation to clean rolls in the press. It is both quicker and easier to remove them and therefore more likely to be done in a safe manner.

Just ask "Stubby", your eight fingered pressman, whether this safety business is a big deal or not.

ITS SAFE!

• An aluminum pin is intended to shear off if there is a jam.
• When it shears, the inking rolls will not turn.
• The pin also helps protect all parts from getting damaged.
• It's easier to remove and clean.