"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Ok I know in multiple threads speeds have been talked about. I have been getting a lot of orders coming in the 2,000 plus pieces. Though most are fine, and we wrap them up pretty quickly, our last job was a 5,000 piece job 3 locations. With having 1 press, and a max print speed of 400 - 450 shirts per hour (actually closer to 300 shirts per hour) with breaks and such.We are going to ISS Long Beach to see all brands and what they have to offer first hand. I am looking to find a more production level press, rather than a press that will get me the same capabilities.Currently we run a 6/8 Workhorse Cutlass. Air heads, and Servo index. No matter what we do, we always have had to double stroke every color. We also run 2 flash backs.So my question is this...If purchasing a second press, what areas should I make sure of as far as production? I know a lot of guys here have presses that run in the 800-1000 shirt range.Is the air heads , and flash backs limiting my output?I know the ROQ YOU, M&R Sportsman, or Gauntlet, and Workhorse Sabre, are all presses I will be looking for as far as production.Ill be at ISS Long Beach this year on Saturday to check everything out. But I think I am ready to take my shop to the next level.Let me know any thoughts on Production speeds of your presses, and things I still should consider.Thanks!!!!
We had a work horse freedom with the V squeegee when I first started. We didn't have to double stroke. So its probably just a mesh count, squeegee selection, or ink selection issue. But you will only get 400pc per hour out of it, I Know that.If you have independent chopper setup on your cutlass that would help greatly. We didn't.But Servo index / AC heads is where it's at.Go Sportsman. Don't look back. You'll have no issues. It's built for one thing. Printing a crap ton of shirts. Makes a world of difference from that cutlass.