Reporting Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIRs)

TM 5-3610-286-20 1-5. Reporting Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIRs). if your printing press needs improvement, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you do not like about your equipment. Let us know why you do not like the design or performance. Put it on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at: Commander, U.S. Army Troop Support Command, ATTN: AMSTR-QX, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63120-1798. We will send you a reply. 1-6. Warranty Information. The TSS Press Section printing press and its parts are warranted by Heidelberg East for one year after installation into the section. Warranty starts on the date found on DA Form 2408-9, shipped with printing press section. Report all defects in material or workmanship to your supervisor who will take appropriate action. Section II. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA Para. Page 1-7. Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities, and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1-8. Location and Description of Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1-9. Equipment Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 1-7. Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities, and Data. The TSS printing press is a stream fed, offset lithographic press. Electrical and mechanical systems, which make up the press, work together to perform the printing process. Refer to TM 5-3610-286-10 for general equipment characteristics, capabilities, and data. 1-8. Location and Description of Major Components. The electrical and mechanical systems that function in the press are not always components of the same assembly. The press is constructed of two large side plates, one on the operator’s side (O/S) and one on the drive side (D/S). The majority of the assemblies, subassemblies and components are mounted on the outside of each plate and covered by a guard, or mounted in, or between the plates. Items that are physically or functionally linked may not necessarily be mounted together or in the same manner. Components that are physically mounted on the feeder maybe linked electrically or by air or vacuum hoses to press- mounted components. a. Functional Groups. Data on the TSS printing press has been organized into seventeen functional groups to aid understanding of operation and to facilitate maintenance. These groups are listed in table 1-1 and identified in figures 1-2 and 1-3. Table 1-1. TSS Printing Press Functional Groups, Group 01 02 03 04 Solution Container (1, figure 1-2) Main Guard (2, figure 1-2) Inking (1, figure 1-3) Dampening (3, figure 1-2) Group Components Solution container, tube assembly Main guard (D/S), upper and lower guards (O/S) and guard components Inking rollers, ink fountain, components and mechanisms that drive the rollers Dampening rollers, dampening fountain, and mechanisms that drive the rollers 1-2