Is your Ink Fountain under-performing?

The Ink Fountain on an offset printing press is a key component.

An under-performing Ink Fountain can lead to poor print quality and a delay in reaching the first good printed sheet resulting in increased waste and higher production costs.

Manroland Technical Services report that within a time span of 5-7 years, the wear on various components within the ink fountain significantly increases causing inconsistent guidance of the ink slide tips and faulty zero-positioning of the slides with machine performance decreasing and waste steadily increasing - almost unnoticed.

As a solution, Manroland Sheetfed can provide two options to suit your requirements - Ink Fountain ServiceKit and Economy Ink Fountain ServiceKit

New or Manroland factory reconditioned Ink Fountains provides the solution for good colour pre-setting, colour variations and waste reduction. These are genuine Manroland spare parts and should not be confused with non-genuine products or refurbishments offered by freelance technicians or third-party suppliers.

Ink Fountain ServiceKit is a new Ink Fountain from the Manroland factory and comes with a one-year factory warranty.

Economy Ink Fountain ServiceKit is a refurbished ink fountain at an advantageous price refurbished in Manroland’s factory and despatched when all the defined quality criteria have been achieved in accordance with a given work plan.

Below are some of the processes undertaken during the ink fountain refurbishment.

- Ice cleaning

- Replacement of all ink slide tips

- New Ink Fountain top

- Non-stick coating

- New sidewalls.

Ink Fountain and Economy Ink Fountain ServiceKits are available for most Manroland Sheetfed presses.

For further information, please contact your local service partner or email info@manrolandsheetfed.com

About Manroland Sheetfed

Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a leading German producer of sheetfed offset litho printing presses. Founded in 1871, the company is one of the oldest producers of printing presses in the world. Today the company has its own subsidiaries in over 40 countries and is a global watchword for supreme quality and reliability. Manroland Sheetfed GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of the privately owned UK engineering group, Langley Holdings plc.