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Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 19, 2011, 02:47:24 PMWe got a ton of them when we bought ours, haven't bought any new ones, reuse them all the time. Had our press 10 months now.Have to say, one should be verrrry careful re-using the sheets. It's no problem if you take care when removing the sheet from the pin bars over and over. If you rush, you can tweak out the punched holes - sometimes in a way that is not immediately noticeable until you go to press. (in which case the whole point of the system is defeated....)I've roached many sheets by yanking a freshly exposed screen out of the master frame and not realizing the film was stuck to the stencil. Twisted the carrier sheet into a warped mess.
We got a ton of them when we bought ours, haven't bought any new ones, reuse them all the time. Had our press 10 months now.
Why are you even talking about how long it takes to register a one color job on a auto? One color jobs are not registered.
In regards to a press jig, here's my thought on time; one color job let's say since someone else brought it up previously. On the MHM, you load the screen and you're ready to print. If you have a pallet jig, you first remove a pallet, get the jig and fasten it, then move it to the head, table up, lock the screen. Then you have to take off the jig and put the pallet back on. Then you are ready to print. What happens when a you have a bad screen? MHM--take it out put another in place, print. With a jig, in addition to the screen change, you take a pallet off again, put the jig on, move jig to head, table up, lock, remove jig, replace pallet. In my mind the jig process takes at least a minute or 2, not merely seconds every time you use it. Multipy that times thousands of changeovers in the lifespan of a machine, then you're talking real time.
Alan, not to get in a big thing about whats going on with RPM and horse but do you know the differences between the 2 presses? I know they are manufactured by the same company.
Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on December 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PMAlan, not to get in a big thing about whats going on with RPM and horse but do you know the differences between the 2 presses? I know they are manufactured by the same company.One is blue and the other is tan. Just kidding, the only real difference IN THE MACHINE is in how the print stroke is adjusted. One is done digitally using an encoder inside the AC motor and the other uses proxy sensors and a flag to adjust stroke. There are things in the works that could mean more changes between the two but that's all in the future and who know how all that will pan out.We all know the other difference is in who you technically buy it from, Rick or Robby.
Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on December 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PMAlan, not to get in a big thing about whats going on with RPM and horse but do you know the differences between the 2 presses? I know they are manufactured by the same company.We all know the other difference is in who you technically buy it from, Rick or Robby.
Yes that could be great for Rick because from what I see it could be the best mid range press out there and for 50Kish for an 8 color may be a bargain for all the digital controls making it easier to adjust is awesome. Now if it had individual head off contact. What press sports that if any?
Quote from: alan802 on December 19, 2011, 03:56:04 PMQuote from: Prosperi-Tees on December 19, 2011, 02:14:45 PMAlan, not to get in a big thing about whats going on with RPM and horse but do you know the differences between the 2 presses? I know they are manufactured by the same company.One is blue and the other is tan. Just kidding, the only real difference IN THE MACHINE is in how the print stroke is adjusted. One is done digitally using an encoder inside the AC motor and the other uses proxy sensors and a flag to adjust stroke. There are things in the works that could mean more changes between the two but that's all in the future and who know how all that will pan out.We all know the other difference is in who you technically buy it from, Rick or Robby.I would love to see another person similar to Alan get an RPM so we can get more info! I think it would be a smart move for Rick to discount one heavily (to the right person) and get the ppl talking about it more. pierre
I would love to see another person similar to Alan get an RPM so we can get more info! I think it would be a smart move for Rick to discount one heavily (to the right person) and get the ppl talking about it more. pierre
Hey Brandt, what manufacturers did you entertain before settling in on M&R? Pierre, same question just replace with MHM?Alan, same question just replace with RPM?lol