1132 pieces per hour

[1964GN]

Last week we had a one color left chest to print so we cranked the new press up to see how fast it/we could run. We didn't last long LOL

875-900 seemed to be a pace that we could sustain for longer periods of time.

Just for fun 

[dirkdiggler]

same here 72 doz. hr is a pretty fast pace on my CH3D for long periods, but the unloader has the toughest time.

[TCT]

Nice! You think flooding while indexing makes things print faster?

[1964GN]

That, along with the super short and super fast flood and print strokes.

We had a newbie catching... we should have just let them drop

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

@ 1964GN....Was your pace quicker than the first job on this vid? I can't imagine keeping 1132 very long, much less this first job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShrfsD1gjyY

I counted about 21 a minute on the 1st press (red one color). Without time for adhesive application or missed loadings, that would be about 1260. I didn't watch this entire video, Just the first 12 minutes and then skipped around to see a displayed speed on the One Color on Red. Didn't see one.

It doesn't look like a contest or anything out of the ordinary. "Just another day at the office."

Does anybody happen to know this shop?

Stan

P.S.  I LOVE my winged floods.  Maybe it woudn't matter so much on a huge run with white ink, FULL WIDE OPEN like this shop ran for this vid. But on the size of jobs I do, I wouldn't really even NEED to tape my screens, even though I always do.

[Screen Dan]

Back in my press running days I always prided myself with the speed and I could work at while also maintaining good QC.  I could run the press by myself at 51dz/hr all day long.  I'm an athletic dude and loved every second of it.  With a good assistant I could do 83dz/hr (a speed my Gauntlet II just wanted to run at).  In the M&R competition I entered in Atlantic City 3 or 4 years ago we got the CH3 up to 143dz/hr.  Sure, my defect rate was higher than usual (6), but we still pumped out over 400 shirts in the 15 allotted minutes...which was only good enough for 4th place.

1132 pcs/hr is just under 94dz/hr.  At that point I found myself hitting the emergency stop more times than it was worth.  It's a lot better to print non-stop at 75dz/hr and not stop than 100dz/hr and hitting the e-stop every minute or two.

...as proud as I always was of my numbers I can't hold a candle to the record holders.  Simply mind blowing stuff.

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

Is there a trick to "opening" the shirts? Would some kind of sticky fingers doohickey work?

I have more fumbles than Brett Favre on his worst day.

[screenprintguy]

I couldn't imagine trying to print fashion fit shirts over 1000 an hour. The dam things stick together so much, almost would need a fluffer lol.

[dirkdiggler]

I couldn't imagine trying to print fashion fit shirts over 1000 an hour. The dam things stick together so much, almost would need a fluffer lol.

A fluffer?  That's a whole other industry, and this forum is PG.

[GraphicDisorder]

I couldn't imagine trying to print fashion fit shirts over 1000 an hour. The dam things stick together so much, almost would need a fluffer lol.

A fluffer?  That's a whole other industry, and this forum is PG.

 

[screenprintguy]

I couldn't imagine trying to print fashion fit shirts over 1000 an hour. The dam things stick together so much, almost would need a fluffer lol.

A fluffer?  That's a whole other industry, and this forum is PG.

SHould have figured a guy name Dirkdiggler would take that term to the porn side, lol

Ok re-term, a Shirt puffer 

[3Deep]

Flip the hem of the next shirt you grab this works best for me, it opens the next shirt up, I'll try to post a vid of me doing this and post.

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

Flip the hem of the next shirt you grab this works best for me, it opens the next shirt up, I'll try to post a vid of me doing this and post.

Thanks Darryl, that would be excellent!

Stan

[Sbrem]

That, along with the super short and super fast flood and print strokes.

We had a newbie catching... we should have just let them drop

That must have been pretty funny for the vets...

Steve

[3Deep]

I think I did this right first vid I've posted to youtube maybe it worked

http://youtu.be/UC0zU3h12-I anyway here is a link don't know how to post the vid  Frog!!!!!

darryl