International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 9

Effect of web breaks on productivity in newspaper production

  • Author:
  • Soumen Basak1, Kuntal Saha2
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 168 to 174

1Assistant Professor, Department of Printing Engineering, Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India

2M. Tech. Student, Department of Printing Engineering, Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India

Online published on 8 May, 2017.

Abstract

In newspaper industry, web breaks have a considerable effect on productivity. Quality of newsprint, condition of the pressroom, operator skill and management policies are the main reasons of web breaks. This study was carried out on two web offset machines in a printing press of West Bengal for a period of six months. Root causes of web breaks have been identified and observations have been made on the effect of web breaks on productivity.

Keywords

Newsprint, Pressroom, Productivity, Web breaks, Web offset machine