dryer length

[Croft]

I have a Radicure 4 panel 36" belt dryer with the 2 feet infeed /2 feet out , Right now we run our sportsman and chameleon on it sometimes at the same time with no real issues, Space is very limited right now but we are moving to a larger place
 and I have another manual mothballed that I would like to set up for easier 1 colour jobs , I was thinking of adding 6 or 8 feet of infeed ? what are you running that you have found to be a good length?. Basically not all 3 will run at same time,I just need  2 manuals sat busy times during the year

[mimosatexas]

The common response to this is going to be "Adding infeed does not speed up your curing, it only delays the eventual traffic jam in the chamber by a few minutes. Increase the tunnel length or get out" or something along those lines.  Obviously if you are trying to get room around the infeed to setup the additional press, get as much extra as necessary so you have room on each side and enough to lay out as many shirts as may be hitting the dryer at one time.  I think 6-8 would be plenty.

[jvanick]

You could try increasing temperature and belt speed.  But really adding belt doesn't help other than moving the problem.

[Frog]

belt speed and adequate retention time in the tunnel aside, a longer infeed can provide more target real estate on which to plop the shirts.
Without double wide belts though, multiple press unloaders need to choreograph their dance, and 36" is cutting it pretty close to not have to stagger.