{"id":11395,"date":"2023-06-07T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/?p=11395"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:15:07","slug":"how-controlling-viscosity-during-summer-months-can-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/blog\/2023\/06\/07\/how-controlling-viscosity-during-summer-months-can-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How Controlling Viscosity During Summer Months Can Save You Money","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we are\nquickly approaching the warm summer months, when in-plant temperatures often\nsoar to the 90\u2019s and above, it\u2019s time to take a step back and face some facts\nabout our printing environments. The most glaring fact: the time spent\nmaintaining both the ink control and coating viscosity that are required to\nachieve high quality print when the pressroom temperatures fluctuate so\ndrastically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we all\nknow that viscosity plays a huge role in the printing press, were you also\naware that for every degree the temperature rises there is a direct correlation\nto ink\/coating waste if that viscosity is not controlled &#8211; either manually or\nautomatically? I\u2019ve listed a few figures below to emphasize what a major\ndifference this can make for your business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The cost of <em>not<\/em> controlling your temperature\/viscosity:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2 second increase in viscosity = 10% increase in ink consumption<br>8.0 volume anilox \/ 40\u201d x 40\u201d sheet \/ 25% coverage<br>Ink at $1.50 per lb. \/ 200 sheets per min. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>1C Press<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2c Press<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4c Press<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1 shift 5 days \/ 52 weeks<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$8,580<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$17,160<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$34,320<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2 shifts 5 days \/ 52 weeks<\/strong><\/td><td><strong> $17,160 <\/strong><\/td><td><strong> $34,320 <\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$68,640<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Averaging just a 1 second increase in viscosity throughout the year, on a 4-color Evol, at 300 sheets per minute, one shift will cost $25,740 in increased ink consumption!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\nthe numbers above, by simply controlling the temperature and viscosity in your\npress environment, you can significantly lower waste and increase your savings.\nThe best way to begin addressing these issues is to ask yourself the following\nquestions: do you have a dedicated person monitoring your viscosity at each\npress or coating station? Do you depend on your press folks to check the\nviscosity of the ink\/coating when they have a minute or does this only occur\nwhen they see a quality issue? Basically, do you know where your ink control\nand coating viscosity are right now or do you only see those details when you\nhave to make an adjustment? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on\nyour answer to the above questions, automatic monitoring could be what you\u2019re\nlooking for as&nbsp; a long-term ink control\nand viscosity solution. In the past, the devices for monitoring these items\nwere very unreliable due to the probe not being able to be cleaned easily. GAMA\nhas changed all that with a flow-through device that gets cleaned every time\nthe chamber is cleaned at the end of shift or during a color change because the\nunit has been thoughtfully designed to be in line with the ink delivery system.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Pamarco, we understand printing and the issues associated with viscosity control. We represent GAMA Systems in the USA, the leader in temperature, pH and viscosity control systems, because it is a system we can stand behind with confidence (so can you!). With a short ROI, you can increase the quality in your pressroom while reducing your ink\/coating costs substantially. Depending on which GAMA system you choose, it would be wired into your press monitoring pH, temp and viscosity &#8211; and adjust each as necessary. We offer completely customizable systems &#8211; choose one that monitors all these adjustments or just one of them &#8211; whatever suits your needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve made a short list of a few of the biggest advantages this type of system can offer, just to summarize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saves money longterm by controlling temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improves print quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Controls pHInks remain consistent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plates\/anilox\/press components stay cleaner <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Controls viscosityKeeps color consistent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduces downtime for color matching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduces print defects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frees up operator labor <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please don\u2019t hesitate to contact us if you\u2019d like to learn more about these products before summer is upon us and the struggles begin!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/pamaroco-blogs-1024x408.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11468\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we are quickly approaching the warm summer months, when in-plant temperatures often soar to the 90\u2019s and above, it\u2019s time to take a step back and face some facts about our printing environments. The most glaring fact: the time spent maintaining both the ink control and coating viscosity that are required to achieve high&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13625,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11395\/revisions\/13625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamarco.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}