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Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July. During these uncertain times, I feel we need a reason to celebrate even more than ever this year. I'd love to hear your success stories. Here's one of ours to get us started.
No matter what type of planned maintenance project you have, if you don’t have a good schedule it will fail. MGF Services is no stranger when it comes to planning a time table for a pre-planned maintenance project.
One of our recent projects was recovering 30+ ink metering rolls for a Sunday 2000 press with our Rilsan coating. This project started off with some flexible dates for completion but as we got closer to the start, the timeframe for delivery became very tight due to shifting schedules of personnel needed to install the ink metering rolls.
Working backwards from the customer’s deadline date for installation to get the press up and running, we sent partial orders to keep the installers moving without interruption.
At the end of the project, we were actually ahead by 2 weeks which in the Printing Industry world means Big Payoff $$. The customer was very satisfied with our cooperative planning and high-quality services.
Keys to Successful Maintenance Project Schedule
Determine your planned maintenance project workforce needs.
Review and analyze any current backlog of projects to establish a reasonable realistic schedule for the planned maintenance project.
Calculate tasks needed for each activity phase including materials, tools, etc.
Planned downtime. Understand the best time to consider the maintenance project based on the size and duration in order to minimize impacts on production runs.
Flexibility. Unforeseen events will always happen. Make sure you respond quickly and react with an alternate plan that will reduce risk.
A well-designed maintenance schedule allows you to increase the equipment lifetime and reduce long-term maintenance costs.
MGF Services & Equipment would like to celebrate your next “Success Story,” let’s get started!
I have been working with printing and packaging companies' maintenance departments for 40 years. Our company's policies and procedures continue transitioning to keep up with the ever-changing requirements, solutions, and challenges to get the job done.
Depending on the type of business industry you serve, there will be projects that have "The Murphy's Law" trophy. Let's face it, our communication process can get lost down the supply chain, and when something goes wrong everyone goes into PANIC mode.
Developing a partnership as part of your supply chain, we can identify potential modifications that improve the performance and in most cases reduce out-of-pocket expenses. In the case of the hardened slitter rollers shown, WE SAVE THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER 40% WHEN COMPARED TO OEM COSTS.
Keys to a Successful Maintenance Project:
Identify the details
Communicate with team decision-makers
Plan in advance with your supply chain and logistics
Confirm dates for delivery of your products
Provide progress updates to keep them inline for installation
Your supply chain is an extension of your team to meet or exceed your project goals. PARTNERSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING!
I would be happy to assist you with your next maintenance project www.mgf-services.com.
MGF Services LLC is proud to announce an expansion of its service offerings for 2017.
MGF Equipment is a newly launched division of MGF Services, focusing on offering our clients a wide range of new and used equipment and machinery.
MGF Equipment is the division under which we offer our clients in the printing and packaging/film industries a durable selection of new and used equipment. Over the years, MGF Services has been repairing equipment and machinery and refurbishing parts. We've gained extensive knowledge and experience in quality equipment. With our experience and history we've compiled a list of equipment that meets our extremely high standards, and hand-selected only what we feel is the best value in equipment available today.
Here at MGF Equipment, we are prepared to analyze and discuss your equipment needs and find a new solution that best suits your operation. From Flexographic printing machines, sheet-fed, offset, finishing, packaging, Digitial -CTP, shrink wrap, wide format, cutters, upgrades, other equipment, spare parts, and accessories.
The best part about working with MGF Equipment, is that we are a turnkey operation for pre-staging, moving, installing and servicing of all the equipment we sell.
Whether you need parts replaced or repaired by MGF Services, or machinery replaced or updated by MGF Equipment, our staff, and dedication to customer satisfaction are now spread out over a wider selection of offerings. We look forward to helping you with your next project.
I get lots of questions about Harden Slitters, Anvil, and Score Rollers from my clients and potential clients in the Printing, Packaging, and Industrial industries.
There are hundreds of designs for slitters, whether it’s pneumatic or mechanical for razor, score or shear slitting substrates such as: paper, film, foil, cloth, non-woven, or vinyl. I will generalize a little bit in this post, because it's impossible to cover every type of design in detail.
During the lifetime of your equipment you will need to replace your harden rolls more than a few times depending on your operational hours and applications. People often ask me, “How do I get the best value and extended life on my replacement?”
One of the biggest keys to harden rolls’ longevity is the hardness scale and effective depth on the roller construction. The Rockwell hardness on the slitters must be at least 2-4 points less than the roller construction hardness. The average hardness scale that can be achieved through normal heat treating practices are 62 RC. MGF’s process for these types of rollers goes beyond the normal heat treating with adding “cryogenic treatment” providing a 64-68 RC. For more information on Harden slitter rolls and what you need to know before you purchase your next replacement, visit: http://mgf-services.com/slitter-rollers
I've worked around "Rollers" for decades. I practically grew up around them. Rollers are such an important component of any press and lots of industrial manufacturing machinery. Rollers get used a lot in a variety of ways. Whether they're pushing something through or slowing something down, there is a constant state of friction. Friction causes wear. And rollers can wear out quickly. But now, there are incredible coatings for rollers, that allow the rollers to wear at a much slower pace. Nylon rollers are so versatile...let me tell you a little more about the logic behind it:
Copper and Ebonite® rollers have traditionally been utilized as metering, transfer and oscillator rollers in ink trains in offset and letterpress.
Nylon (Rilsan-11 ®) has come into its own as a higher performance replacement for copper and Ebonite ®. It provides superior ink transfer and virtually eliminates stripping and expensive maintenance. Nylon (Rilsan-11 ®) is more chemical resistant, as well as more resistant to scratching and surface damage. The physical properties of nylon (Rilsan-11®) allow it to be finished to a variety of specifications such as polished, spiral grooved, micro-grooved, knurled, or diamond grooved. These different surface configurations will affect the performance of the roller in different ways and allow it to be used in different positions. Smooth nylon (Rilsan-11 ®) is excellent for use in the oscillator or vibrator position while knurled, spiral or diamond-grooved patterns are ideal for the metering position to regulate the laydown of ink. The amount of ink depends on the surface configuration chosen.
Draw rollers, also known as pull, traction, driven, all have one thing in common: Tungsten carbide (Wolfram) coating.
The primary function of draw rollers are to guide and draw paper. The coatings on the roller determine the "lifespan of the roller." The life of the roller coating depends on the operational use, of course. Typically, however, this coating will last years. How do you know when it's time to repair? When the roller starts to look "smooth" or takes on a glazing appearance, it is time to "recover" your roller. In my experience most customers that we service don’t have spare or extended downtime to recover. What you need to have is a pre-planned repair which includes:
Verifying dimensions
Verifying tolerances
Knowing the base material of roller
Knowing the type of grit (fine, medium, or coarse)
How many times has your roller been recovered
Committing to confirmed dates the press will be down to expedite your roller recovering.
Depending on the size of your roller, recovering a roller can typically be completed (by an experienced shop) in 5 to 7 days.
The printing industry is ever-changing, but your machines are always running. When things start to fail, how are you supposed to know if it's better to repair or replace your machinery parts?
Unless a part has reached its threshold to repair, you should be able to refurbish most mechanical applications. Such as:
Ceramic rollers
Idler rollers used in handling adhesives, hot plastics, sticky material
These parts can be extremely costly to replace. I have been repairing these types of parts for decades. If you hire the right company, you can save a lot of money by expertly refurbishing worn parts.
However, there are certain mechanical parts where repair/refurbished are not viable options. In these cases, replacement parts are the only recommendation to ensure quality and performance. These parts may require replacement rather than repair:
Through our 30 plus years in the maintenance repair industry, our growth opportunities come from listening to customers and providing services and improved products. My company, MGF Services, has a track record of 30 to 40 percent cost savings over the OEM market value. Older machinery in operations are faced excessive OEM price and delivery or no support at all. MGF’s reverse-engineering and network of extra services provide customers a solution to keep their equipment running without extended downtime. For more information see: http://www.mgf-services.com/x-services
MGF Services specializes in aftermarket parts and repair for the Printing, Converting, Textiles, Pharmaceuticals and food industries. We stand behind our products and services and guarantee 100 percent satisfaction. To learn more about how MGF can guide you to the right options for repair, new or support visit our website: www.mgf-services.com
In today’s technology, thermal coatings have become Surface Engineered Solutions, which can be overwhelming to companies looking for repair or new applications.
Things to consider:
Materials-substrate/coating/sealer
Temperature-Processing/operating
Shape of part-line of sight
Size of part to be coated
Coating thickness
Operating environment
What are you trying to accomplish?
Wear resistance
Corrosion/chemical resistance
Traction
Release
Low friction
Conductivity-electrical/thermal
Dimension restoration
Abradable surface
My company, MGF Services, provides a large selection of coatings, competitive pricing and reliable service. We have been helping our clients with Surface Coating services in the manufacturing industry for decades. We specialize in all types of chrome and specialty coatings & treatments. Click here for more information: http://www.mgf-services.com/coatings
