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MGF Services & Equipment is proud to present this Comco Proglide as a special opportunity for our Flexo packaging groups. This press is extremely clean, in great shape, AND was completely refurbished in 2012. Comco Proglide 22-inch 11 Station Flexo Press Equipment Refurbished in 2012 Extremely clean & well maintained High quality flexible packaging products KTI LS Butt Splicer BST Web Inspection System PA Unwinder Contact us for a complete equipment list and more details. Mona Friedl: 1-414-531-5735 George Sanchez: 1-847-980-8051 Let's get you Strutting Your Stuff! Email me directly to find out more.

Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July. During these uncertain times, I feel we need a reason to celebrate even more than ever this year. I'd love to hear your success stories. Here's one of ours to get us started. No matter what type of planned maintenance project you have, if you don’t have a good schedule it will fail. MGF Services is no stranger when it comes to planning a time table for a pre-planned maintenance project. One of our recent projects was recovering 30+ ink metering rolls for a Sunday 2000 press with our Rilsan coating. This project started off with some flexible dates for completion but as we got closer to the start, the timeframe for delivery became very tight due to shifting schedules of personnel needed to install the ink metering rolls. Working backwards from the customer’s deadline date for installation to get the press up and running, we sent partial orders to keep the installers moving without interruption. At the end of the project, w...

I have been working with printing and packaging companies' maintenance departments for 40 years. Our company's policies and procedures continue transitioning to keep up with the ever-changing requirements, solutions, and challenges to get the job done. Depending on the type of business industry you serve, there will be projects that have "The Murphy's Law" trophy. Let's face it, our communication process can get lost down the supply chain, and when something goes wrong everyone goes into PANIC mode. Developing a partnership as part of your supply chain, we can identify potential modifications that improve the performance and in most cases reduce out-of-pocket expenses. In the case of the hardened slitter rollers shown, WE SAVE THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER 40% WHEN COMPARED TO OEM COSTS . Keys to a Successful Maintenance Project:  Identify the details Communicate with team decision-makers Plan in advance with your supply chain and logistics Confi...

MGF Services LLC  is proud to announce an expansion of its service offerings for 2017. MGF Equipment is  a newly launched division of MGF Services, focusing on offering our clients a wide range of new and used equipment and machinery.  MGF Equipment is the division under which we offer our clients in the printing and packaging/film industries a durable selection of new and used equipment.  Over the years, MGF Services has been repairing equipment and machinery and refurbishing parts.  We've gained extensive knowledge and experience in quality equipment. With our experience and history we've compiled a list of equipment that meets our extremely high standards, and hand-selected only what we feel is the best value in equipment available today.  Here at MGF Equipment, we are prepared to analyze and discuss your equipment needs and find a new solution that best suits your operation.   From  Flexographic ...

I get lots of questions about Harden Slitters, Anvil, and Score Rollers from my clients and potential clients in the Printing, Packaging, and Industrial industries.  There are hundreds of designs for slitters, whether it’s pneumatic or mechanical for razor, score or shear slitting substrates such as: paper, film, foil, cloth, non-woven, or vinyl. I will generalize a little bit in this post, because it's impossible to cover every type of design in detail. During the lifetime of your equipment you will need to replace your harden rolls more than a few times depending on your operational hours and applications. People often ask me, “How do I get the best value and extended life on my replacement?”   One of the biggest keys to harden rolls’ longevity is the hardness scale and effective depth on the roller construction.  The Rockwell hardness on the slitters must be at least 2-4 points less than the roller construction hardness. The average hardness scale th...

I've worked around "Rollers" for decades. I practically grew up around them. Rollers are such an important component of any press and lots of industrial manufacturing machinery. Rollers get used a lot in a variety of ways. Whether they're pushing something through or slowing something down, there is a constant state of friction. Friction causes wear. And rollers can wear out quickly. But now, there are incredible coatings for rollers, that allow the rollers to wear at a much slower pace. Nylon rollers are so versatile...let me tell you a little more about the logic behind it: Copper and Ebonite® rollers have traditionally been utilized as metering, transfer and oscillator rollers in ink trains in offset and letterpress.  Nylon (Rilsan-11 ®) has come into its own as a higher performance replacement for copper and Ebonite ®. It provides superior ink transfer and virtually eliminates stripping and expensive maintenance.  Nylon (Rilsan-11 ®) is more chemical resista...

Draw rollers, also known as pull, traction, driven, all have one thing in common: Tungsten carbide (Wolfram) coating.   The primary function of draw rollers are to guide and draw paper. The coatings on the roller determine the "lifespan of the roller." The life of the roller coating depends on the operational use, of course. Typically, however, this coating will last years. How do you know when it's time to repair? When the roller starts to look "smooth" or takes on a glazing appearance, it is time to "recover" your roller.   In my experience most customers that we service don’t have spare or extended downtime to recover. What you need to have is a pre-planned repair which includes: Verifying dimensions Verifying tolerances Knowing the base material of roller Knowing the type of grit (fine, medium, or coarse)  How many times has your roller been recovered Committing to confirmed dates the press will be down to expedite your roller recovering....