Layout for the new shop. Could use some feedback.

[inkbrigade]

Hey Guys,
We're picking up the keys for the new shop this weekend. Gonna start demoing existing offices and stuff next week. I drew up a plan for the new shop and am posting it here.

Here is the link to the EPS
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1fm3zkxhfdbn7q6/ha3vQshgo9

Also here is a video with me explaining the layout and my thinking behind it.
http://www.screencast.com/t/VnSdZ6DO

Let me know if you guys have any thoughts or ideas.

Thanks!
Jamie

[GraphicDisorder]

I think you have done pretty well with the layout really.  Nice building.  Room to expand some as well!

[screenprintguy]

Nice flow Jamie. That's someyhing we lack right now and really need to re-arrange. Wish you you awesome luck with the move!

[whitewater]

NIce buck!

[Spreading Ink]

Looks really good - the only comment I would make is we often let screens dry on the production floor (if you can keep the production floor relatively lint free or have an area to do so - to keep moisture content in the screen room down to a minimum.  If you have a dehumidifier in the screen room this may be less of a concern.

Overall layout and flow looks good though and it looks like this building should serve you well - congratulations!

[inkbrigade]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I spent a lot of hours thinking about this and am pretty happy with it, and the ability to expand easily.

We do have a dehumidifier in the screen room. I think keeping dust out of the production area would be impossible. So we'll just cart the developed screens back into the screen room to dry. 

[Admiral]

while it doesn't look like you have room for it, the roller master should be utilized after reclaim, on that side of the shop, not where the screens are developed

if you put it on that side you will get a lot more and better use out of it

other than that it looks pretty good

[Baron265]

I wasn't able to open your links, but my standard advise for layouts goes like this. Draw lines on your layout of all the movements you'll make with all the processes. This usually produces the "Bowl of Spaghetti." It get's it's name from the lines crossing over and circling around looking like a bowl of spaghetti. After that you can adjust your layout so the lines are as short and straight as they can be. Shirts in, staged, printed, cure, shipped. Art, screens, press, ect.

[Screened Gear]

That's a big shop. Your layout looks nice, look like you put alot of time on it. One thing about doing these plans is it always looks tighter on the plan then it does when you get everything in place. I have done about 6 of them so far. When I was looking for a shop I would take measurements and then go home and punch them all in. It was amazing how different every shop looked with the equipment in it. The one thing I miss about working out of my garage is everything was with in about 5 steps.

I think you maybe too spaced out. I know you want to make the shop look full but all the extra walking from spot to spot will kill you. I see is your compressor run and I would guess your power run for the press and dryers are going to be long. I ran all my power and air over head so that added another 16 feet up and then 16 feet down. Your shop looks like about twice mine. The cost for copper will add up fast. I think this is the main reason most shops have their presses as close to the breaker box as possible. Just a thought.

Good luck, I would hate to have to move all that stuff.

[Evo]

Looks pretty good. Just a few thoughts:

- It seems like you can move everything a little toward the door to make the ink and reclaim areas less cramped. I would have personally put the reclaim area near the back and away from the offices. Nothing is more annoying talking on the phone than a pressure washer running while someone is trying to reclaim a stubborn screen. That crap is LOUD.

- It says "existing" compressor room. Does that mean you may build a different one? I would place it much closer to the presses so you aren't running miles of iron. Or, figure the cost of building out a new room and apply this to the purchase of a decent rotary screw press, which can sit just a few feet from the presses with no enclosure. (I work with one just the other side of head 7 and it doesn't bother me at all, even the dryer is louder)

- Spin the presses so the loading and unloading pallets are equal angle/distance to the side of the dryer belt. That way if a press op is loading/unloading solo, they don't have as much of a reach to the dryer.

- I assume the gorilla racks are incoming stock? Add more. Or in other words, always add more shelving than you think you need.

- Add screen carts and job carts to reduce screens being hand carried/bumped. If you already have them, add more.

- I don't see where general screen storage is...do you catalog screens at all?

- I would add one more small washout sink in the reclaim area specifically for de-greasing, (or what I call "sterilizing"), or keep the main reclaim sink religiously clean.