Avoiding the shaft State-of-the-art newspaper technology With no working installations, this video demonstrated "proof of concept."

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As one of the world's largest newspaper press manufacturers, Goss was known as a major player, but not known for technical innovation. But in response to shaftless press technology's inroads into the commercial press market, Goss saw an opportunity to be the first bring a shaftless product to the newspaper world.

This video shows their prototype press running, in England, and interviews with the engineers who got it to work.

Designing components for a new press.



The V.P. that brought it to market.



This press runs via many small motors, instead of a huge, inefficient central drive shaft.



One of secret weapons.