The Cylinders and the Register Are Unforgiving
What makes a press valuable is precision, and precision is exactly what a careless move destroys. The plate, blanket and impression cylinders are ground to a mirror finish and set in register to tolerances finer than a human hair; a single contact nick, a knock that shifts a bearing, or a film of corrosion on a cylinder surface prints as a repeating mark on every copy the press will ever run. Around the cylinders sit long, heavy print units that flex and lose alignment if lifted as one block, ink and damping systems that leak and contaminate if they are not flushed and sealed, and a great deal of register and drive electronics that resent moisture and vibration.
BENZ rarely ships a multi-unit press as a single mass. Where the design allows, it is separated into print units and sub-assemblies; cylinders are locked against rotation and their surfaces VCI-protected and physically shielded; the ink and damping systems are flushed and sealed so nothing weeps in transit; and the electronics are barrier-wrapped with desiccant. Each unit is bolted to a heat-treated skid on its true load path, sealed under barrier film for sea transit, and travels with a reassembly-and-register map so the press returns to register quickly, with BENZ support at destination.