Hot Metal Services - Services Page
OUR SERVICES
LUDLOW SERVICE
We also service the following equipment: Kensol, Kwik-Print, Idea Engineering, Ribbon Masters, Malahide, C&P, Kluge, Heidelberg Windmills, Prouty, Miehle Verticals, V-36, V-45, V-50 and V-50X, Bostitch, Hammond Saws, Parker Stitchers, Challenge, Asbern, Korrex and Reprex
We charge the first hour at a higher rate per day, to help cover lodging and food. The balance of the time in your shop is charged at our regular hourly rate. Please call or email for a rate quote. We also try and walk you through repairing problems yourself. We expect payment at the time our service is finished.
We also rebuild Self Centering Sticks and clean out the water passages in molds so they will cool properly. If you ship us your delivery slide we can also rebuild it in our shop and send it back to you.
LINOTYPE & INTERTYPE
VANDERCOOKS
- Cleaning the gears and rails (under and over).
- Check the bearing adjustments.
- Check for correct packing of the cylinder.
- Check the ink roller height and adjustments.
- Clean the bed and bed plate, if so equipped.
- Check the ink roller diameters, nyliner wear.
- Check for wear in the rails and bearings.
- Check the level of the press and adjust as necessary.