Diamondback S

[Rockers]

Quick question, on the new Diamondback, are all the heads still chopping even if you print only on 3 of them for example?

[jasonl]

no.

[Rockers]

Thanks,
that's the answer I was hoping for.

[inkbrigade]

NICE!

[Nation03]

I was wondering the same thing. Glad to hear that they aren't doing that anymore. Looks like a sweet press.

[Admiral]

Quick question, on the new Diamondback, are all the heads still chopping even if you print only on 3 of them for example?

It took me only a few jobs on the Diamondback R to realize how terrible of a design it was, it's almost a non issue when doing 1 pass of each color and only 1 revolution(often the case for 200+ shirt jobs), but anything else and it can create problems.  Also it's always an issue with tack and starting the printing - if tack on the boards and the head chops the screen can stick to the platen.  Easy fixes to avoid but time waster for sure.  I stopped using waterbase tack (carding method) because of it.  Don't like loading a ton of scrap shirts to start the print either.

Such a silly thing to implement to save a few bucks on producing it.  I wonder how much air it wastes too.

[244]

Try turning the squeegee pressure regulator down to zero on the heads you are not using.

[Rockers]

Try turning the squeegee pressure regulator down to zero on the heads you are not using.

That is in regard to Admiral's reply or to my original question?

[jasonl]

Doesnt matter for you Rocker, that problem doesnt exist on the S.

[244]

Try turning the squeegee pressure regulator down to zero on the heads you are not using.

That is in regard to Admiral's reply or to my original question?

That is a reply to Admiral. The Diamondback S has additional outputs on the processor and independent valves for each head.

[Rockers]

Great. That`s all I needed to know. Order for a 10/8 will be placed later this week. Unless I still change my mind and make it a Sportsman 10/8.

[Admiral]

Try turning the squeegee pressure regulator down to zero on the heads you are not using.

I don't do that because then they still actuate and the floodbars go very hard if the squeegee is set to 0 psi.

heads not in use are usually set down to 20-25psi for starting point of test printing.

Anyway that stuff wasn't really an issue because there isn't a squeegee in there to mess with you during the run.

Looks like the Diamondback S solved all of the issues I can think of with the one we have. Now just to get A/C heads on such a low priced machine haha.

Does the Diamondback S go faster than the older R since it's a server index?

[244]

The new Diamondback S is rated at 840per hour compared to 560 per hour rating on the Diamondback. I just ran the one in our showroom with a 16" image stroke and it was running at 972 pieces per hour. These are dry cycle speeds.

[Rockers]

Gosh, I better grow another couple of arms in order to keep up with the speed of press.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Is ac heads an option for the dback s?