The company's pharmaceutical plant in Leicester has installed a beta c.220 circulation system, glycol chiller and beta.f filtration system to reduce its chemistry use and enable alcohol-free production.
Alan Footitt, maintenance and print production manager, said: "Our customers expect us to run alcohol free but to do so you need to be disciplined."A decent filtration system is necessary; it is important to keep your fount solution clean and clear of debris."
Footitt added that the investment, which followed the installation of a Komori LS 640 press earlier this year, had led to a "significant reduction" in maintenance downtime on the press.
"The filtration system reduces the amount of dampening solution used and whereas we used to have to empty out the tank, flush it through and refill it once a week we can now do that about every two months."
Meanwhile, Chesapeake's food packaging site in Newcastle site has also installed a glycol chiller to its Speedmaster XL 105-8+LYYL, in order to improve consistency.
Andrew Forrester, engineering manager at the site, said: "Having consistent temperatures throughout a production run and from run to run means consistently good print results.
"Running a UV press without water cooling would be madness. It reduces the pressroom dust which in the food sector is critical."
