Engineering Consulting

Perhaps your sales team is bidding on a large potential order. As far as you can see, it looks like one of your presses can do the job except for a couple of product specification details. At the same time, maybe there are other aspects that should get attention:

• upgrading the safety system?
• recurring maintenance problem?
• alternatives to deal with these issues?
• budget allocation?

One of our customers was faced with a similar situation. The new contract was a perfect fit for their business but their production lines were already fully booked. Should they buy a new web press or repurpose a web offset line they had in storage? At the same time as going out for new machine quotes, RDP Marathon was asked to consult on the repurposing of the idled offset + die-cut machine. The process included:

• inspecting the idled machine
• obtaining proposals from specialty OEMs as required for the new configuration
• engineering a layout drawing of the proposed repurposed line
• preparing spreadsheets of alternatives to favor cost, speed, space, sustainability, energy
• presenting budgetary estimates for the project
• outlining the project schedule in a Gantt chart

Depending on your business opportunities and manufacturing requirements, RDP Marathon can also help with:

• technical evaluations of used printing press equipment before offering to purchase
• size conversion of an obsolete repeat length to a new size
• conversion of a fixed cylinder or cassette design to a sleeve offset design
• unique and creative webbing configurations for combined processes and in-line finishing