No Shirt detector

[RICK STEFANICK]

Those of you out there running m/r equipment using the no shirt detector vs just a foot petal
-Do you feel its worth the extra 2500?
- Do you think it saves down time?
- OVERALL ?
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THANKS in advance

[Frog]

That may depend on how many empty boards you print your current way.  LOL!

[RICK STEFANICK]

For me I NEVER miss a pallet even with both eyes closed and a sore foot. I'm asking the rest of you Guru's.

[Frog]

Almost everyone has heard the sound of a screen lifting off of a glued pallet at some point! Cringe-worthy to say the least.

[LuckyFlyinROUSH]

Your saying..running at 600pcs an hour you've never found a folded over shirt and needed and a sec to unfold it and bitch at whomever counted in the order?

Shiiit.. I use it to just stretch my back back out.

NECESSITY.

[BP]

Rick, I love it. but if you don't keep it clean it will not work. Are you added to a machine or paying a new press. if you are buying new tell M&R to give you one.

[dirkdiggler]

I like it, but if you are a veteran, its not really necessary.  I have one press with it and one without it.  Just hit print finish if you miss a pallet.  Either way really, but if you have new guys alot, definitely a good thing.

[Doug S]

I sold mine about a year ago.  I just stop the press if I'm running into trouble with a shirt.  Like others said, you have to keep it clean for it to work.  I guess the main thing I didn't like about it is that occasionally one of those 4X's or larger would get snagged by it and rip it in half.  It happened a few times here.

[RICK STEFANICK]

We are going to have some new people as most start ups so thanks for the answers i think we will go with them after negotiation. thanks for the responses

[3Deep]

Our press has a build in feature call skip, I hardly ever use it when in full production, now have I printed a pallet during setup 

[ffokazak]

I wouldn't run a press without it, It is way faster than stopping the press. If you watch the press and make sure that the board is actually recognized as empty, you never print a bare pallet.

I train people to
-Pull the shirt off, letting the pallet go empty. ( or just watch the screen if you are behind and dont even get it loaded)
-(Since you are holding the shirt already you dont have to grab another)
- Immediately watch the screen to make sure that the board blinks blue then turns white indicating it is empty, once the press indexes
-Continue to load the shirt.

We run a CHIIID so I guess if there is not visual cue then it would be difficult.

If it rips a hoody or a 5XL ( it is so rare...) who cares. You save so much time not stopping the press it pays for those shirts.

[tonypep]

At JNJ they would use it all the time...…..mostly for gluing pallets, color changes, and other interruptive tasks. Of course there are alternatives depending on equipment. I have found them to be one of those "Operator Preference" issues which is a whole other topic!