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Heads going down are the way to go! I was soooooooo thrown off by them for years, but keep in mind the old American Arrow presses and the like have heads that lowered. S.Roque(and I'm pretty sure MHM) presses have had lowering heads for 30 years. I'm sure Rich or someone else can chime in how long the CHIII or Alpha 8's have. I personally have seen a 18 yr. old S.Roque with who knows how many millions of impressions printing a 4cp without issue. I can answer the question about the S.Roque presses because I know more about them, but I am pretty sure the MHM's(aside from the E-Type) all raise and lower with 1 cylinder. That is how the S.Roque YOU's function, the ECO has individual pneumatic cylinders per print head to raise and lower heads that are turned on. It is kinda funny, I was just thinking the other day of starting a "poll" of who likes tables that raise/lower or heads that raise/lower... IMO I would wager that anyone that has used a press that lowers the heads instead of the table, would prefer that method....
Quote from: TCT on March 10, 2014, 02:42:15 PMHeads going down are the way to go! I was soooooooo thrown off by them for years, but keep in mind the old American Arrow presses and the like have heads that lowered. S.Roque(and I'm pretty sure MHM) presses have had lowering heads for 30 years. I'm sure Rich or someone else can chime in how long the CHIII or Alpha 8's have. I personally have seen a 18 yr. old S.Roque with who knows how many millions of impressions printing a 4cp without issue. I can answer the question about the S.Roque presses because I know more about them, but I am pretty sure the MHM's(aside from the E-Type) all raise and lower with 1 cylinder. That is how the S.Roque YOU's function, the ECO has individual pneumatic cylinders per print head to raise and lower heads that are turned on. It is kinda funny, I was just thinking the other day of starting a "poll" of who likes tables that raise/lower or heads that raise/lower... IMO I would wager that anyone that has used a press that lowers the heads instead of the table, would prefer that method....M&R introduced the Formula Series of high production automatic textile presses back in the 90's that featured a non raising carousel and individual ift/lower print heads.
Good to differentiate between whole head dropping (MultiPrinters, Ovals, RotoTex, S-Roques) and screens dropping.(MHM, Formulas, CH3/Alpha)MHM's use two air cylinders for screen lift/drop. I believe the CH3's use four. Are MHM's the only machines that have a print arm that can lift up separateof the screen carriage? I don't know that I could ever really live without that.
Quote from: pwalsh on March 10, 2014, 03:28:18 PMQuote from: TCT on March 10, 2014, 02:42:15 PMHeads going down are the way to go! I was soooooooo thrown off by them for years, but keep in mind the old American Arrow presses and the like have heads that lowered. S.Roque(and I'm pretty sure MHM) presses have had lowering heads for 30 years. I'm sure Rich or someone else can chime in how long the CHIII or Alpha 8's have. I personally have seen a 18 yr. old S.Roque with who knows how many millions of impressions printing a 4cp without issue. I can answer the question about the S.Roque presses because I know more about them, but I am pretty sure the MHM's(aside from the E-Type) all raise and lower with 1 cylinder. That is how the S.Roque YOU's function, the ECO has individual pneumatic cylinders per print head to raise and lower heads that are turned on. It is kinda funny, I was just thinking the other day of starting a "poll" of who likes tables that raise/lower or heads that raise/lower... IMO I would wager that anyone that has used a press that lowers the heads instead of the table, would prefer that method....M&R introduced the Formula Series of high production automatic textile presses back in the 90's that featured a non raising carousel and individual ift/lower print heads.What ever happened to the Formula 5070's and such? I always thought those things were badass! Someone is parting one out on eBay now, maybe I can modify my anatol....