"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I wish I knew more about the upcoming GT3 but I'd be lying if I said I did but I have plenty of assumptions. Before getting our ch3 press we had a GT2 in the shop and that press was an absolute badass. I think the gt2 was/is one of the absolute best "production" presses ever produced. It doesn't have all the high end features like a ch3 or ch3d but as far as getting production numbers the press is amazingly solid. I envision this new gt3 being the same production beast that the gt2 was but having a drop screen indexing system which will make that much better for production. Ever since I went to ch3 indexing system I have been on edge to replace our diamondback with a similar system and I can see a press like the gt3 being the perfect fit for many shops out there. Knowing a regular sportsman exg can run 70+ doz/hr I would bet the gt3 will run all day at 90+ doz/hr with the press operators working less hard then they would on a non drop screen press. For all smaller to mid size shops, and the large shop wanting some big production numbers I see this gt3 being the best option. The ch3 style presses are built extremely beefy to handle the huge cut piece goods, all over prints, etc so having a press that is a smaller version with similar features is a home run by m&r in my book. Knowing what I know about many guys on this forum I think the gt3 when released will be the best option for many of us. I really cannot wait to see one in person because if it's the smaller version of what we already have it's going to be amazingly awesome. It would be the perfect fit in your shop Alan!
Hey guys my apologies here if this was covered and I just missed it, but wasn't there talk about a new indexing system? I know Diggler didn't end up getting the GT3, but I was just wondering if anything came of the new indexing system?
screens go up and down. No lift cylinders. No belt drive, its a Rosette Cam Design. I was told by 244 that the cam design beat the belt system in the testing they did. Definitely no pallets up and down though.