Report 36 d,e,f,s,i.qxd:Report - KBA

Longstanding KBA customer
Oceano in Brazil is expanding capacity
with two identical heatset
Comet presses. One will be installed
this summer at Oceano’s facility
in Cajamar near São Paulo, the
other in the autumn at Oceano Sul
down south in Criciúma. Oceano,
which is part of fast-growing Brazilian
print media major Grupo Escala
founded in 1992, already runs two
16pp Compacta 215 and two 48pp
Compacta 618 press lines in Cajamar
and a further two 16pp Compactas
in Criciúma.
Since 1996 group founder Hercilio
de Lourenzi has regularly
invested in new KBA web and
sheetfed presses. Today Oceano employs
around 500 staff and prints
over 200 magazine titles a month.
It also prints telephone directories,
a business publication, Brasil Economico,
and numerous advertising
supplements for chain stores such
as Walmart, Pão de Açucar and Carrefour.
More than 3,000 tonnes
(3,300 US tons) of paper and over
70 tonnes (74 tons) of ink are consumed
each month. Magazine titles
include the Brazilian editions of
L.N. Schaffrath orders new commercial press from KBA
Bucking the recession, major German
media provider L.N. Schaffrath
in Geldern am Niederrhein
recently signed up for a capacityand
productivity-boosting 16pp
commercial web offset press from
KBA. Schaffrath, whose customers
include a raft of prominent publishing
houses, offers a complete range
of services from concept, design
and layout to print production and
distribution. At present its primary
focus is on periodicals, magazines
and supplements, but it is keen to
expand its offerings still further.
The new press line will join a fleet
of web and sheetfed presses in a
modern, well-equipped production
plant.
Founded over 250 years ago in
1743, Schaffrath, which is also
known as Schaffrath DruckMedien,
employs some 300 staff and in
2009 posted sales exceeding €43m
Two KBA Comet press lines for Oceano in Brazil
Vogue and Vogue Homme, a popular
Brazilian title, Corpo a Corpo,
a lifestyle magazine, Tempo, plus
diverse special-interest titles and
comics.
The 75,000cph Comets will
mainly print Brasil Economico, supplements
and flyers. Both floormounted
presses will have a
cylinder circumference of 1156mm
(45.5in) and the ability to handle
any web width between 630 and
The new 16pp KBA commercial press line for L.N. Schaffrath in Geldern
($60m). Descendents of the founding
family are still heavily engaged
in day-to-day management.
The press line will comprise
four double printing units with a
620mm (24.5in) cut-off and a maximum
web width of 1000mm
(39.37in). Its advanced level of automation
will extend from reel logistics
with Patras A, including reel
loading and reel-stub ejection in
the Pastomat C reelstand, to plate
changing with PlateTronic and fast
conversion of the P3 folder to support
high-speed job changes. The infeed
unit with its environmentally
friendly regenerative braking system
will be integrated in the reelstand
to save space. Shaftless drives
throughout will ease operation and
trim makeready times. Other kit
will include closed-loop colorimetry,
cut-off register controls and a
Contiweb hot-air dryer.
Shorts
One of two identical Comet press lines scheduled for installation in summer and
autumn this year at Oceano’s plants in Cajamar near São Paulo and Criciúma in southern Brazil
1000mm (24.85 - 39.37in). Each
will be configured with a Pastoline
reelstand linked to a Patras M manual
reel-handling system, and will
comprise one four-high tower for
4/4 with bustle wheels, colour-register
controls and automatic cylinder
washing. In addition to the
heatset package with hot-air dryer
and chill-roller stand, press specifications
include a double turner bar
with one former in the superstruc-
ture, a KF 3 jaw folder with semicommercial
capability, a quarterfold
facility and gluing, perforating and
stitching devices for greater product
versatility. Cut-off register, webedge
and web-centre controls will
ensure a high standard of quality
and productivity. The press lines
will be controlled from high-tech
consoles complete with production
scheduling software and RIP interface.
Pictured after inking the contract for the
new commercial press (l-r): KBA’s Martin
Schoeps (sales manager) and Christoph Müller
(executive vice-president for web press sales)
with L.N. Schaffrath’s joint managing directors
Dirk Devers (finances, technology) and Dirk
Alten (sales)
The ErgoTronic control console
will be supplemented by a convenient
operating display panel at the
folder. LogoTronic Professional production
management software will
capture and store operating and job
data for press preset and rapid conversion
to both new and repeat
jobs. EasyTronic and its one-button
control will shorten start-up and
slowdown times while minimising
waste.
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