Buying a used Automatic Press

[colintas]

Hi Boris, it's great to hear from you, it's been a long time!

Thanks for the kind words of endorsement. Yes, we are very proud of our reputation for reliability. Probably the best illustration of this is that in various parts of the world, our servicing people now look after several different brands of machinery in order to keep busy, not just TAS, otherwise their technical staff would be redundant due to a lack of breakdowns!

Your point about the 10 million prints got me thinking, I wonder how many prints all of you TAS users out there have clocked up on your machines? With this in mind (and without wanting to hijack this thread...sorry Scott) I will open a new thread and ask this question. I'm sure any responses will be very interesting.

Best of luck with everything Boris and I hope to see you soon.

Colin Goode
Sales Manager - TAS International
www.tasinternational.com.au

[alan802]

Is that a digital readout on the print head control?  If so, what?  Print and flood speed maybe, or pressure and print speed?  Inquiring mind/minds want to know...at least I do.

[alan802]

On closer examination I can see that it is flood and print speed.  That's cool.  What else does it have on the print head, function/feature wise?  What are those kip levers on the top for?  Sorry for all the questions but I'm sure you guys know that the TAS website (as well as every other automatic press manufacturer) is lacking in detailed info.  Even the best websites leave me with more questions than answers. 

[colintas]

Alan, yes you're correct. Digital display of print and flood speeds, along with lift up/down and pneumatic screen lock. Basically everything you need to perform a sample print from the head.

The kip handles are for micro-registration. Very simple to operate and allow precise adjustment of the screen.

Trust this helps.

Colin.

[alan802]

Nice, that's unique for the micros.  Maybe Scott can do some Auto Wars videos when he gets his, I want to learn more.

[colintas]

Scotty, if you don't mind giving your true, valued opinion of these matters when you receive your machine, that would be terrific, unbiased information.

Cheers,

Colin.

[Dochertyscott]

Yeah no worries, the micro reg from experience with Tas in previous workshops is brill.
On the fly can confidently tweak.
I can put some vids up for sure.

[Dochertyscott]

Last photo of machine before it's sent and setup in my shop.
Business has come along way since setting up... this veiw from my original workspace a couple of years ago. Gotta make you envious. (apartment lounge)
Since then its been crazy hectic.
This machine is going to bring back the main reason i went into business... For Fun!...Lifestyle choice!

[abchung]

That is one nice clean printing shop. If I had a view like that, I won't be doing any work.

Can't wait for you to post up some videos.

[colintas]

Great looking shop Scott and a view to match. I sincerely hope there's a kettle in there as well mate, in time for my visit!

Cheers.

[Dochertyscott]

Great looking shop Scott and a view to match. I sincerely hope there's a kettle in there as well mate, in time for my visit!

Cheers.

It's just as well I moved into a bigger workshop about a year or so ago otherwise we'd be pushing it for space, and trying to get an auto upstairs can't be easy...That was where I started out.
Yeah mate there's a kettle in the new workshop and more importantly a fridge.

[colintas]

'More importantly a fridge' Quite possibly my favourite four words!

Cheers.

[Dochertyscott]

Well things are well and truely setup and running now.
Goldie is now sweet with the sound of the compressor and has found her spot under the flash.
I'll try get some vids for Autowars in the very near future.
Question for you all...
In past shops we never printed fleece on the auto.
And being in Queenstown (a ski town) I have some big fleece orders.
I'm not gonna go printing hundreds of hoods manually when my new toy is sitting there.
I had to spray tak every round for these... A real pain in the ass.
From memory textak aint great for fleece. correct?
Whats everyone else doing?

[DannyGruninger]

Well things are well and truely setup and running now.
Goldie is now sweet with the sound of the compressor and has found her spot under the flash.
I'll try get some vids for Autowars in the very near future.
Question for you all...
In past shops we never printed fleece on the auto.
And being in Queenstown (a ski town) I have some big fleece orders.
I'm not gonna go printing hundreds of hoods manually when my new toy is sitting there.
I had to spray tak every round for these... A real pain in the ass.
From memory textak aint great for fleece. correct?
Whats everyone else doing?

Spraying after pulling each fleece! LOL Wish I had a better answer but in my shop 90% of the time we spray before each hoodie... We can run 55 doz/hr this way

[sqslabs]

From memory textak aint great for fleece. correct?
Whats everyone else doing?

"Web" type spray adhesive is the way to go for fleece.  Its the only spray we use in my shop, and we only use it for fleece and nylon bags.  For everything else we use waterbased adhesive.

Make sure the web dries a bit before loading or it will leave residue on the garment.  If we're in a rush (as usual), we'll spray and quickly wipe the pallet down with a cloth before loading to minimize residue transfer.