daleyd
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Yeah sounds like gravure printing - I never actually did anything in that industry (I worked mainly in litho printing which is a different process) but I've worked in a few places where they have had gravure machines in. Horrible chemicals involved and there have beeen a number of big fires in gravure plants hence the need for such extinguisher systems.It's all vinyl stuff with the glue backing applied in one go, gas ovens atop each roller applying colour from the screens, terrific heat when you stand under the rollers coming off the ovens. It was lovely to find so much English machinery in one place all still working hard day in day out. I was supposed to be learning about the printing process but all I was interested in was all the moving machinery and the big pile of ink splattered machine tools dumped at the back of the factory.