No need to stop the press
September 1st 2007 NO NEED TO
The CoGri Group has
completed a major upgrade
of the 3500m2 concrete floor
at Trinity Mirror's print works
at Watford, while allowing
the company's newspapers
and magazines to be printed
with minimum interruption.
Installation of new
printing presses and a
laser-guided vehicle system
for moving 1.5-tonne paper
rolls around the production
area required the existing
floor to be repaired and
upgraded. An initial
profileograph survey of the
floor by CoGri staff
identified areas that did not
meet the DIN18202
standard required for the
new reel-handling system to
work properly, and these
were rectified as required
following removal of the
existing concrete paint.
CoGri also repaired 300m
of floor joints, using highquality
epoxy mortar to rebuild
the joints, before re-
cutting them, filling them to
the full depth with semi-rigid
sealant and grinding them
flat to produce a completely
even surface. Finally, the
whole floor was coated with
a clear sealant.
Most of the project was
completed over eight weekends,
with CoGri staff
working from early each
morning until mid-afternoon
so the printing schedules
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