"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Sorry to talk about something besides the Anatol, but I didn't really like the vacuum time feature of the Vastex unit but once you got things dialed in I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal. I would like a unit to come on automatically once it reaches the right vacuum level and then turn off once the exposure is done but having a timer could be worked around once you got familiar with the unit. The first couple of screens I burned on the Vastex I didn't have a clue on how long it was going to take it to vacuum so I got lucky that I didn't mess up any of those first few screens and Kevin had used it enough to get us close.
No offense Rich but can there ever be a post on this forum concerning other products and just stick with those products. Every post in the last year about LED units has been hijacked and turned into an M&R thread. Its nothing against M&R.
Quote from: Inkman996 on July 30, 2014, 10:25:07 AMNo offense Rich but can there ever be a post on this forum concerning other products and just stick with those products. Every post in the last year about LED units has been hijacked and turned into an M&R thread. Its nothing against M&R.I have to point out that so many people like the fact that a manufacturer will participate and post about his product or service. how many times have you all mentioned how you want Anito to come on and participate? Rich participates.Now when you go back and look, there were 2-3 post before his that were mentioning and comparing his product with another. He made one post. (One) and it's called out as "Hijacking". I don't see that as hijacking, but rather "participation" like you've all said you like the suppliers and manufacturers to do. If rather see more of it from others as well.
There was a video of it on Anatol's Facebook page. Led spacing mimics the starlight. Control feature has a vacuum pressure sensor setting that it uses instead of a vacuum countdown timer which is in my opinion a better method over the starlight. 1k cheaper than a starlight is also tempting.
Quote from: Dottonedan on July 30, 2014, 03:16:46 PMQuote from: Inkman996 on July 30, 2014, 10:25:07 AMNo offense Rich but can there ever be a post on this forum concerning other products and just stick with those products. Every post in the last year about LED units has been hijacked and turned into an M&R thread. Its nothing against M&R.I have to point out that so many people like the fact that a manufacturer will participate and post about his product or service. how many times have you all mentioned how you want Anito to come on and participate? Rich participates.Now when you go back and look, there were 2-3 post before his that were mentioning and comparing his product with another. He made one post. (One) and it's called out as "Hijacking". I don't see that as hijacking, but rather "participation" like you've all said you like the suppliers and manufacturers to do. If rather see more of it from others as well.Uh yea Dan I think your opinion on this would be a but objective sorry but thats a fact.You really do fail to see my point or just ignore it. The past couple of years on this forum has been heavily geared towards M&R which is perfectly fine because their product is excellent. But any time another manufacturer tries to participate it usually ends up in a bash fest and potentially scares the other reps away. This has even been alluded to by a Stooge once or twice. I am not saying M&R is to blame at all it is the culture of this forum altogether. I personally have been following the LED exposure progress since that first fellow showed up on here and allowed Pierre to demo it. I have heard everything there is to know about the M&R unit thanks to a lot of users on this forum but it would be nice to hear about the other ones in the market and why different price points are the way they are.I have seen a few "other" manufactures threads completely derail into either a bash fest or go M&R and it is sad and hardly how this forum will ever have good representation from other reps. Trust me on the Dan, I am not the only one that has noticed this trend over the past year or so, so what ever you say to me includes others.
Just looks like a afterthought to me. Like "oh ya we need a vacuum pump". LOL
Quote from: IntegrityShirts on July 29, 2014, 10:46:41 PMThere was a video of it on Anatol's Facebook page. Led spacing mimics the starlight. Control feature has a vacuum pressure sensor setting that it uses instead of a vacuum countdown timer which is in my opinion a better method over the starlight. 1k cheaper than a starlight is also tempting.The bigger Starlight is like 10 and a half delivered? At less than half I'd imagine there will be a lot of people looking at these...
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 30, 2014, 02:33:30 PMJust looks like a afterthought to me. Like "oh ya we need a vacuum pump". LOLEvery exposure unit I've ever used had a vacuum pump on the floor. No table units though, only the big stand alone units, like an Advance Polycop. It's not unusual at all.SteveI'll read further to see if the difference in the led's are all about. We will go there eventually ourselves...
Quote from: alan802 on July 30, 2014, 11:51:21 AMSorry to talk about something besides the Anatol, but I didn't really like the vacuum time feature of the Vastex unit but once you got things dialed in I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal. I would like a unit to come on automatically once it reaches the right vacuum level and then turn off once the exposure is done but having a timer could be worked around once you got familiar with the unit. The first couple of screens I burned on the Vastex I didn't have a clue on how long it was going to take it to vacuum so I got lucky that I didn't mess up any of those first few screens and Kevin had used it enough to get us close.The slow vacuum time was actually my fault; due to me setting the glass incorrectly. I did not have the glass pushed 100% all the way back against that back seal and some air was escaping from under the blanket into the light chamber. I discovered this when I dropped that that exposure off at my customers shop, and he mentioned the pump being slow. Once I undid all the screws and reset the glass for him; the pump worked a lot quicker since it wasn't pulling from the light chamber. That is my handy work.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 30, 2014, 02:33:30 PMJust looks like a afterthought to me. Like "oh ya we need a vacuum pump". LOLBrandt I guess you've only seen a few exposure units, I've seen a few units that have the pump sitting out like that, I thought it look crazy to but soon found out it was the norm
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 30, 2014, 02:33:30 PMJust looks like a afterthought to me. Like "oh ya we need a vacuum pump". LOLthere are actually quite a few expose units out there that have floor sitting vacuum units. My first exposure unit, M&R first light unit had a vacuum pump that sat on the floor, it's not uncommon. My Richmond was the same.
Hey everyone - here's my input on the new unit as we received the very first Aurora UV LED unit in the United States.IT'S AMAZING AND WORTH EVERY PENNY. I waited, hunted, decided to run with Anatol. We added our first Anatol equipment last July and have shown 208.6% growth to date.To give you some background, we had a old National exposure unit, you know, the really big ugly grey - loud, slow, and energy hog - unit.Our OLD burn times (1000watt) with KIWO POLYCOL Discharge EmlusionMesh Count National Unit Aurora 65-85 13min TBD 110-125 11min 12-15sec 155-230 8min 10-11sec 305 7.5min 10sec (could be lower if needed) I posted a video of our first 15sec exposure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LneqdrEiHEUOn an average day in my shop we shoot between 15-30 screens, it takes my screen guy all day (cleaning and shooting at the same time). Monday he shot 45+ screens before his first break for the day (he comes in around 9 and takes break around 11). It takes longer to print the film than to shoot the screen and much longer to wash the exposure out than shooting... absolutely awesome. If we keep this up, we'll be cutting back the screen room 2 hours per day = 10 hours a week, $5200 direct savings in labor there... IT JUST PAID FOR ITSELF. we're saving on energy costs (it's only 5 amps not much draw at all), and there are others cost savings as well. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ASK. I am here to help - you never know, I may need your help sooner or later too! zachary (at) traxlercustomprinting.comWe will be posting more video's, how to's, etc soon.