Could this or could it not?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Would the head need to lockdown?

[ebscreen]

Depends on how well it is made. The downward force of the squeegee pressure is trying to essentially push the head back up. If it can't resist that then your squeegee pressure is lost. On my Eclipse, you can set enough pressure that the head wont go all the way down, triggering an alarm.

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[Prosperi-Tees]

Ahhhh that makes sense.

Side note, do you look at the toilet paper after you wipe? 

[ZooCity]

Thanks Steve, that's basically what I had in mind. 

This is the one AWT makes currently.
http://www.awt-gpi.com/literatures/Accu-Print_Bag_Printer.pdf

I'm thinking I could maybe even rig up m&r style bracket mounts, two up and be able to use all our existing platens.

eb you beat me to the cardboard suggestion.  I'd find some nice rigid backing material, maybe even very thin plywood or melamine or something, top it with some spongy/foamy stuff and go to town.  If the backer was rigid enough and stable you could easily run multicolor this way.  With a crew of three- loader/puller, one to remove the Ts at the back of dryer one to bring up front and lay out the next shirt -I'll bet it would be quite fast. 

Not sure about the pressure thing though.  The Americans in our shop (I've not yet ran them, only watched 'em move a little) don't look like they'd have any issue at all plowing across whatever the hell you decided to put on the bed. 

[RICK STEFANICK]

Depends on how well it is made. The downward force of the squeegee pressure is trying to essentially push the head back up. If it can't resist that then your squeegee pressure is lost. On my Eclipse, you can set enough pressure that the head wont go all the way down, triggering an alarm.

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exactly.. I dont think you will get enough consistant pressure unless the heads lock down. I had a belt printer back a few years ago and even with the pressure on a precision belt there were issues. another thing that will help is running screens that are in the 12 newton range. super tight screens will cause you alot of problems. also you will need to retrain yourself to print with no off contact. that will also help..I am no expert with your specific application but have ran alot of allover work on belt printers and its a different animal..just sayin

[mk162]

Side note, do you look at the toilet paper after you wipe? 

No silly, there is an app for that.

[Sbrem]

Side note, do you look at the toilet paper after you wipe? 

No silly, there is an app for that.

hahahahahahaha

I look, or how else would I know I'm done?

Steve

[Frog]

I wouldn't know where to find the actual figures, but I bet that with the proliferation of smart phones, and all they can do, many more are being ruined and replaced due to unplanned "swims".

It was already common enough with "not especially smart phones" that the cases include a moisture detector to help know just why "this thing just stopped working!"

[ebscreen]

How does a blind person know when he's done wiping?

[Prosperi-Tees]

By smell? Or touch?
That's just wrong Sean lmao!

[RICK STEFANICK]

How does a blind person know when he's done wiping?

One thing i am sure about is homer(jay) has a answer for that...

[Frog]

How does a blind person know when he's done wiping?

He or she knows the same way you do, they have stopped wiping after all.
I believe that you meant to ask, "How do they know when to stop wiping",and that, I wouldn't touch (so to speak)!
And yes, there's an old fashioned analog app for that, it's called a bidet.

[brandon]

Hey,
Glad I searched before posting. It did somewhat answer my question but anyone on here doing serious production numbers with one of these? For apparel? Not AOP but piece printing? We have some serious numbers coming up this year and it is easy peasy piece printing. One hit wonders and through the dryer. I am thinking one person loads, one unloads, and one catches just like an auto but without the footprint. Is this possible? And maybe best thing yet put it on wheels and move it out of the way when not needed. Yes, no? Am I crazy or just stupid?

And to answer any questions both water based and plastisol inks.

Thanks!

[Dottonedan]

At my very first job out of art school, I worked in a poster/banner shop that had one of these. Thinks the name brand was an American.


I recall that for ours, we had only one guy working it 90% of the time. If we had an extra person she might assist in unloading, but our guy was fast from what I remember and I think the 2nd person just got in the way more often then not. He could load, print and unload faster than someone jumping in from the side to unload. + remember, when you hit the peddle, that thing clams down so you want control of who's under it when the peddle is hit.


We never had a person catching, but since we weren't printing apparel on it, we could do much more or maybe whole order before needing to clear the catching area for more.

[brandon]

Thanks Dan. I have been around them but have never operated one. Yeah, the clamp down looks fierce. No stoners on that press!