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tonypep:
OK this is'nt for everyone but.....we all know how out of hand the ink room/area can get. I'm certainly guilty of storming in and making a mess. Once I was even banned by own employee from even entering the room! So heres a concept for making an ink mixing station.
 Picture a Baskins & Robbins ice cream counter then tilt it 45 degrees. The ink "tubs" are placed in pre cut template holes that are staggered seven on top seven below (they are staggared to minimize contamination). The "template" is made from cheap bathroom
shower material re-inforced with 3/4" plywood. Jutting out from this horizontally is an 18" w piece of 1/4" glass which is supported by a base which doubles as a storage cabinet. A Sartorius scale is mounted on a mini table with wheels. Grainger supplied the rigging that allowed the power supply to follow the scale as the operator moves down the line dispensing the necessary components.
Finally at the end of the line the actual mixing station (we had a Turnabout mounted on a bench).
Of course this was built for a high volume shop but one using gallons or quarts could be made to suit your needs. I gave the plans to a friend who used PCs and it was about half the size. In either event if you're anal about keeping that area clean and have the time and skills its a worthy project. A Saturday and some pizza ought to do it.
I have pic somewhere but well......I appear to have issues with that technology!
(There is a step by step in Printwear but I have no clue what issue)
Enjoy the Holiday Everyone!
tp

ebscreen:
Excellent idea. I've been trying to come up with something like this for awhile.
I used to work at a homebrew supply place and we used to do the mobile scale thing under bins
of various grains. Ive got all of my waterbase pigments in squeeze bottles, but some of the plastisol pc's aint gonna squeeze.


Do you have any experience with the commercial dispensers Tony? I see them used from time to time pretty cheap so I've always wondered.

jsheridan:
I wish I still had some pictures of when I was back at Custom Logos.. You could eat off my ink area tables.

I used 5 gallon grease pumps for all my colors (Rutland M2) except fluorescent colors in gallons get the spatulas.
Slide the scale over, pump out what you needed, move to next color then mix and go.

I even printed out formula labels to affix to each cup, that way the formula was on the cup.

Anyone could walk over to the ink area with the cup and dispense away. Avg time for a QT of ink, 3 minutes from empty cup to ink back at the press.

blue moon:

--- Quote from: jsheridan on May 27, 2011, 06:53:33 PM ---I wish I still had some pictures of when I was back at Custom Logos.. You could eat off my ink area tables.

I used 5 gallon grease pumps for all my colors (Rutland M2) except fluorescent colors in gallons get the spatulas.
Slide the scale over, pump out what you needed, move to next color then mix and go.

I even printed out formula labels to affix to each cup, that way the formula was on the cup.

Anyone could walk over to the ink area with the cup and dispense away. Avg time for a QT of ink, 3 minutes from empty cup to ink back at the press.

--- End quote ---

what's the deal with the grease pumps? how expensive are they and do you remember what type were you using? any other thoughts?

inkbrigade:
Yea i'd like to hear more about the grease pumps as well

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