Lithographic Machine Minder - Durban Verfied

Salary Negotiable Durban, Kwazulu-Natal Durban, Kwazulu-Natal more than 14 days ago 18-03-2019 1:59:38 PM
02-04-2019 7:44:16 AM
Lithographic Machine Minder / 5 Colour Machine Minder - Komori

Location: Congella, Durban
Salary: R30k per month

Requirements:
2+ years’ experience as a Lithographic Machine Minder
Komori experience essential

Duties:
Set up and operate sheet fed printing press, to print single and multi-colour copy from litho plates. Examine job to determine operating time, quantity to be printed and stock specifications.
Checks work ticket for any special instructions.
Installs and locks plate/s into position, using hand tools, to achieve pressure required for printing.
Measure plate thickness and insert packing sheets on plate cylinder to build up plate/s to printing height.
Fills ink and dampening solution fountains and adjusts controls to regulate flow of ink and dampening solution to plate cylinder.
Removes and cleans plate/s and cylinders.
Check correct paper and ink.
Loads paper into feeder, adjusts feeder and delivery mechanisms and unloads printed material from delivery mechanism.
Applies packing sheets to blanket cylinder to build up blanket thickness to diameter of plate cylinder.
Washes plate to remove protective gum coating.
Measures paper thickness and adjusts space between blanket and impression cylinders according to thickness of paper stock.
Correct make ready procedure to set up press to obtain correct fit/register, ink/water balance, ink feed, ink coverage to match proof.
Adjusts press throughout production run to maintain specific registration and colour density.
Run press at optimum speed and maintain colour/ink densities using the densitometer, with minimum paper waste.
Starts press and examines printed copy for ink density, position on paper and registration.
Also check copy against passed proof and specification sheets.
Job to be checked for reading and colour before printing job.
Any non-conformity to be reported to the Supervisor.
Machine minder to clean and maintain machine in working order, any major faults to be written up on board and reported to the Works Manager and or Director
Always Refer to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) manual whilst working