Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
stupid questions... (sorry if you answered them before/already)1. when was the last time you retensioned the screens?2. how much tension are you running.3. when was the last time your tension meter was calibrated?I've only had them pop in the middle of the screen like that when we were running too much tension.
2 cents....It looks like you guys ran the left chest first. Is there any chance someone hit/nicked it while cleaning out the ink before resetting the screen up?I have received panels of the 180/48 mesh that developed holes fairly quickly while others lasted a long Long time before getting a nick on an edge.... delicate mesh.....
I maybe reaching here put to me that screen looks like to gave way in the middle from maybe a very small hole and high tension and not really over tension just high...look right at the left of the I on Kids about a 1/2 inch down that's where the rip looks like it started to me.
I'm leaning towards mishandling at some point and then the damage happens completely on press OR something getting in the ink. I've been watching my guys and I'm going to have to correct some things and it's not that they don't care, they just don't realize how delicate the mesh is. I can handle a screen in a way that might seem rough to some but I can pick it up and spin it around, twirl it, grab 3 in each hand and walk across the floor without doing any damage. But someone that doesn't grasp just how you have to handle them can damage one without ever knowing.
I'm leaning towards this. Especially if you are using rollers with covers on the bars. I've seen people (and myself) pick them up in the middle...especially if grabbing more than one frame at a time...