We're at about 150. It takes about 20 minutes FOR US to reclaim, coat, put film on, burn, develop, dry, tape, register, sq, fb, ink, tape up regi marks, test print X 1,2,3 (depends on the shop), the teardown sq, fb, ink, de-tape, de-ink, and that's about it. As you can see, I think 20 minutes per screen is actually a little low when it comes to what it ACTUALLY takes to put a second screen into production. So how many shirts can you print in that 20-30 minutes with one screen that it takes you to add the additional screen? We can normally do about 150 but a more complicated job might only be 100/20 minutes. I made a chart years ago that had our production rates and the break even point was right around 150 with average production rates.
Some of you guys with 50 being the break even point probably have extremely fast setups, maybe CTS or a great regi system and can reclaim 25-30 screens per hour.