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Offline ol man

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How many screens in 1 hour?
« on: March 14, 2013, 08:59:48 PM »
How many screens in 1 hour -- diptank, high grade pressure washer, easy strip/ 701.  1 person
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I want to make sure im not being unreasonable with my employee,  I know i can do 15-20 easy.


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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2013, 09:34:00 PM »
That is about what I do, I am usually in no hurry.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2013, 09:35:14 PM »
20-25 depending on how big of a crunch we are in.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2013, 09:40:29 PM »
I got a guy that can do about 20/hour... Another one is closer to 12-15, but i'd rather a little slower and cleaned correctly than a rush half done job

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2013, 09:50:03 PM »
You all are reclaiming and also coating those same screens in an hour?

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2013, 09:53:12 PM »
Yup!  Reclaim, and coat.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2013, 10:06:50 PM »
Wow-I need to improve my reclaim. I switch between my dip tank and hand scrubbing emulsion remover and haven't noticed much of a difference.
I can reclaim 16 at most per hour but doesn't include coating. Could get a few dry that were started at the beginning of the hour but not the whole lot of 20-25.

Dip 4 screens, pressure wash 2 at time side by side, scrub residual ink if any, degrease, rinse, stand up across room to dry. I have a drying rack in a humidity controlled room but it's usually full of coated screens.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2013, 10:18:04 PM »
How are you speed freaks drying your screens between blasting /degreasing, and re-coating?
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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2013, 11:13:35 PM »
around 15 per hour especially if they need dehazing. Usually dry overnight and coat first thing in the morning.
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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2013, 11:23:11 PM »
This freak uses a fan to dry the screens.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2013, 11:35:27 PM »
Seriously guys. Pull tape , dip, remove emulsion, 701 the frame, mesh , rinse, dry and coat 20 plus a hour.
I'm struggling with those numbers. We go they a average of about 40 screens a day and my reclaimer is quick and good but 70 23x31s in a day is pushing it.  Coating is another 45 minutes.
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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2013, 11:44:41 PM »
I coat about a screen a minute, so even 20 screens is a third of the hour before I have even done anything else.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2013, 12:31:33 AM »
I coat about a screen a minute, so even 20 screens is a third of the hour before I have even done anything else.

And how long to dry 20 screens?

I get the 15-20 screens in 60 minutes, just perhaps not 60 contiguous minutes.
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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2013, 12:43:19 AM »
How many screens in 1 hour -- diptank, high grade pressure washer, easy strip/ 701.  1 person
Reclaimed , Coated.

I want to make sure im not being unreasonable with my employee,  I know i can do 15-20 easy.

Yeah about 3min per.  Can be faster if you have a really tight setup. 

Just voice that so your emp doesn't take it as a prompt to go too fast than they are capable of and feed you screens full of fish eyes.

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Re: How many screens in 1 hour?
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2013, 07:09:55 AM »
Maybe I over do it.
Remove tape both sides = 1min
Spray on ink degrader and scrub/rinse = 3 min.
Place in dip tank stencil remover and power wash = 2 min
spray on degreaser and scrub / rinse = 2 min.
shop vac water off screen = 1 min
coat screen =1 min.
            TOTAL =10 min. divided into 60 min = 6 screens per hr. That is my rate.
And in this figure there is some walking time from wash area to drying room.