Gauntlet Question

[cbjamel]

Do you have front/back switches on the control board. I have 97 Gauntlet 2 Servo and do. Flip switch to front then hit reset with all air and machine on.  Should move foward.

Shane

[ericheartsu]

not that i'm aware of. our gauntlet is all air, not servo

[mk162]

Ours doesn't have it either.

[Homer]

how would i do that? sorry i don't see the switch to do that!

what we do is haul ass. no stopping...OR if you have to stop, turn the squeegie speed down to zero, print that head, wait for it to chop to the squeegie then hit the reset button to drop the table. You can then index the press and print other heads or whatever....PITA but it works.

[ScreenFoo]

You could always flip the hoses on the stroke and chopper cylinders--if you do more WB/DC than plastisol, at least.

[mk162]

you would also have to switch wires on your prox sensors as well. 

[Binkspot]

You could always flip the hoses on the stroke and chopper cylinders--if you do more WB/DC than plastisol, at least.

I don't think that would work with only a rear prox, you would have to trick the PLC.

It still leaves the screen dry, which I think is root of the question. If I'm reading this right you want to flood the screen as the pallets drop to keep it wet in between prints. So print, flood, index, print, repeat.

[Inkworks]

Not sure about the Gauntlet for sure, but can't you just switch the floodbar and squeegee and adjust angles?

[ericheartsu]

Not sure about the Gauntlet for sure, but can't you just switch the floodbar and squeegee and adjust angles?

nope, cause then it would print when the plattens index

[cbjamel]

What year is your Gauntlet? Could you post picture of control panel. Do you have Revolver mode?

Shane

[Binkspot]

Instead of guessing and taking stabs in the dark why not call M&R and ask?

[ScreenFoo]

You could always flip the hoses on the stroke and chopper cylinders--if you do more WB/DC than plastisol, at least.

I don't think that would work with only a rear prox, you would have to trick the PLC.

It still leaves the screen dry, which I think is root of the question. If I'm reading this right you want to flood the screen as the pallets drop to keep it wet in between prints. So print, flood, index, print, repeat.

True--you'd have to put the prox at the other end, and reverse when the table comes up. 
Probably not unusually easy, unless M&R is nice enough to provide 'alternative' code for the controller on that style of press.

Never thought about how hard it would be to flip one of those--but I've never played around with single prox heads before either...

[ericheartsu]

Instead of guessing and taking stabs in the dark why not call M&R and ask?

i figured i'd ask here, as it's usually filled with valuable information.

I'll take some pictures of the control board when things wind down.

[Binkspot]

I was not trying to be a wise ass but a ten minute phone call with the serial number would answer all your questions. But your right this place is a wealth of information.

I may be wrong but I do not think you can flood immediately after print on that machine if that's what you are trying to do. If my memory serves me right the control panel should have a group of switches for each head. A test button, one/two stroke switch and the bottom one should be front/rear switch. The third or bottom switch would be the one to park the print carriage in the front instead of the rear, this is the switch everyone is talking about.