TM 5-3610-286-20
1-5.
Reporting Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIRs). if your printing press
needs improvement, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what
you do not like about your equipment. Let us know why you do not like the design or performance. Put it
on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at: Commander, U.S. Army Troop Support
Command, ATTN: AMSTR-QX, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63120-1798. We will
send you a reply.
1-6.
Warranty Information. The TSS Press Section printing press and its parts are warranted by
Heidelberg East for one year after installation into the section. Warranty starts on the date found on DA
Form 2408-9, shipped with printing press section. Report all defects in material or workmanship to
your supervisor who will take appropriate action.
Section II. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA
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1-7.
Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities, and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-8.
Location and Description of Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-9.
Equipment Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1-7.
Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities, and Data. The TSS printing press is a stream
fed, offset lithographic press. Electrical and mechanical systems, which make up the press, work
together to perform the printing process. Refer to TM 5-3610-286-10 for general equipment
characteristics, capabilities, and data.
1-8.
Location and Description of Major Components. The electrical and mechanical systems
that function in the press are not always components of the same assembly. The press is constructed
of two large side plates, one on the operator’s side (O/S) and one on the drive side (D/S). The
majority of the assemblies, subassemblies and components are mounted on the outside of each plate
and covered by a guard, or mounted in, or between the plates. Items that are physically or functionally
linked may not necessarily be mounted together or in the same manner. Components that are
physically mounted on the feeder maybe linked electrically or by air or vacuum hoses to press-
mounted components.
a. Functional Groups. Data on the TSS printing press has been organized into seventeen
functional groups to aid understanding of operation and to facilitate maintenance. These groups are
listed in table 1-1 and identified in figures 1-2 and 1-3.
Table 1-1. TSS Printing Press Functional Groups,
Group
01
02
03
04
Solution Container
(1, figure 1-2)
Main Guard (2, figure 1-2)
Inking (1, figure 1-3)
Dampening (3, figure 1-2)
Group Components
Solution container, tube assembly
Main guard (D/S), upper and lower guards (O/S) and guard
components
Inking rollers, ink fountain, components and mechanisms that
drive the rollers
Dampening rollers, dampening fountain, and mechanisms that
drive the rollers
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