TM 5-3610-286-10
1-8.
EQUIPMENT DATA (CONT)
c. Specifications
Sheet size
Maximum
Minimum
Blanket size
Length
Width
Thickness
Plate size
Length
Width
Thickness
Impressions per
hour (IPH)
Section III.
24 by 30 in. (61 by 76 cm)
11 by 16-1/2 in. (28 by 42 cm)
27-5/32 in. (69 cm)
33-17/32 in. (85.2 cm)
0.075 in. (1.9 mm)
27-1/4 to 28-1/8 in. (69.2 to 71.5 cm)
33-17/32 in. (85.2 cm)
0.006 to 0.020 in. (0.15 to 0.050 mm)
2,000 to 10,000
TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
1-9. GENERAL.
The TSS Printing Press SOR is a streamfed, offset
lithographic press.
Its functions depends on five major systems working
together.
The five systems are:
a.
the paper cycle, which consists of the feeder, register, and
delivery mechanisms
b.
the cylinder assembly, which consists of plate, blanket, impression
cylinders, and a skeleton cylinder
c.
the inking assembly
d.
the dampening assembly
e.
motors and compressors.
1-10.
DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR SYSTEMS.
Each Printing Press system is
controlled by devices at various stations on the Printing Press.
Detailed
descriptions of each system follow.
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