"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I'm still documenting our tension levels on the 5 S thread statics I bought at the beginning of this thread and they have all settled in at 19 to 20 newtons and they seem to be work-hardened and haven't lost any additional tension in the last few times I've measured. These statics with S thread are far superior to most other statics I've gotten over the years (I won't mention the suppliers but I've had at least 6 different statics) in retaining higher tensions and also printability. The only other statics I've bought that have retained any type of working tension (above 18 newtons) were the ones I got from Xenon. The Xenon 110's and 125's I got are still holding low 20's in tension which is far better than I expected. But with the standard mesh counts along with low 20's tension they don't compare to the Murakami S thread screens and certainly not a roller frame outfitted with S thread. The Murakami frames "seem" better built than ALL the others I've used and they are thicker and slightly heavier.I'll never make a move to static frames versus retensionables but for those shops who want something better and can't/won't go with retens can make significant improvements to their entire operation with S thread statics. I believe guys when they say they can put out high quality prints through a 16 newton set of screens because I've done it too, but when it comes to setting them up and knocking the job out along with high quality nothing will ever beat a retensionable w/thin thread when it comes to printing plastisol.
Alan and Alan,Stretching some 150 LX now and am wondering if any "Registration" issues arisewith it (white UB) at only say 20N and other meshes at 30-35N within same design?What are your Alan and Alan (or others that have had tension gaps like this) thoughts on this?Thx!
Hate plastisol, love statics