Cleaning a dryer belt

[Doug S]

I know this has been brought up before.  Lately when we are printing white or light garments, if the catch basket at the end gets full and the belt rubs against any of the shirts, I get black marks on them.  I was thinking I could turn the dryer on and let it heat and wipe the belt with a towel soaked with windex.  Is there a better way?

[tonypep]

Have a dryer operator

[Frog]

That sounds like it can only help, though I have never seen an older belt clean enough to not mark white shirts that suffer prolonged contact rubbing.
If you don't have a regular crew member monitoring the dryer end, do you have a mirror mounted so the loader or unloader can check?

[Doug S]

Thanks, it looks like the mirror option because it looks like we will be a 2 man crew for eternity.

[UnderPressureSP]

Build another catch basket and rotate out once near filled or throw the shirt in the catch basket into a box.  The key is to never let the bin over flow.

[Frog]

Build another catch basket and rotate out once near filled or throw the shirt in the catch basket into a box.  The key is to never let the bin over flow.

This is where wheeled boxes, bins and baskets prove their worth

[DaveZ]

I know this has been brought up before.  Lately when we are printing white or light garments, if the catch basket at the end gets full and the belt rubs against any of the shirts, I get black marks on them.  I was thinking I could turn the dryer on and let it heat and wipe the belt with a towel soaked with windex.  Is there a better way?

What model of dryer do you have?

[Doug S]

I know this has been brought up before.  Lately when we are printing white or light garments, if the catch basket at the end gets full and the belt rubs against any of the shirts, I get black marks on them.  I was thinking I could turn the dryer on and let it heat and wipe the belt with a towel soaked with windex.  Is there a better way?

What model of dryer do you have?

Mini sprint.  I have 1 catch basket.  I'll just have to check it a little more often while printing. 

[dsh]

We put a little wireless TV camera to watch the end of the belt.  A little LED monitor is mounted on the press by the unload station.  Makes it easy to watch.

[Wildcard]

I was thinking of rigging up a return conveyor belt under my dryer that dumped the shirts in a box right there at the loading spot where I can monitor and clear it out easily while printing. Also means I could move the dryer end up to the wall and gain some space in my loading area.
I'm sure there is something like this out there already though.

[canucklehead]

Every so often I'll have a seat in a nice comfy swivel chair at the end of the dryer, grab some rags (dry or wet, both seem to work fine) and wipe the belt down along the drum end from side to side for a couple of cycles. It helps quite a bit. Especially before doing a run of whites.

[GKitson]

Every so often I'll have a seat in a nice comfy swivel chair at the end of the dryer, grab some rags (dry or wet, both seem to work fine) and wipe the belt down along the drum end from side to side for a couple of cycles. It helps quite a bit. Especially before doing a run of whites.

What he said, works just fine although I usually stand, gotta remember the easy chair thing.

[Frog]

Just beggin' for this musical break