Rexroth Syntop Manual

The Courier-Journal, owned by the Gannett Corporation, is the single largest daily newspaper in Kentucky, with a daily circulation of 150,000 and a Sunday circulation of 250,000. The newspaper, based in Louisville, commissioned a state-of-the-art KBA Colora web offset press in 2004. "The press department was accustomed to older, manually operated equipment and they had to become familiar with new, state-of-the-art press controls and technology," says Tom Letto, production director at the Courier-Journal.

The class lasted two days, with half the time spent in a classroom and the other half spent hands-on working with the press. The course covered the press' communication systems, the capability of the controls, and the information that could be accessed via Syntop software. Schwab provided the 10 Courier-Journal service technicians and press operators who attended the class with manuals describing the Rexroth equipment that was on the press. "We reviewed the communication that occurs between Rexroth equipment and other parts of the press. The technicians also learned to troubleshoot using Syntop software to diagnose the faults that occurred on the Rexroth equipment and how to resolve them," Schwab says. 2b1af7f3a8