Getting ready for a tech

[GraphicDisorder]

I bet you are excited.  Best wishes!

[DCSP John]

Good luck on the install, Gerry.


John

[Prosperi-Tees]

I am very excited but concerned with the costs right now with the admittedly slow tech. On a plus note the press has dump valves so it won't have the constant squeegee pressure on the screen! I am gonna need a bigger compressor and probably a new flash as the one I have from the challenger may not work. But yeah im excited.

[Socalfmf]

Gerry

I know it seems like a lot of money and you don't have it, but please trust us all.  you will be fine once it is up and running when you are producing more and more daily you will forget all about the $$ it cost to install.  plus you will have a kick a$$ machine to do your work on and it will make you money for years to come.

[TCT]

It will all get there Gerry, we all know what you are going through with the antsyness, but you will be printing in no time!

A thought on a bigger compressor- I am not familiar with the dump valves, but is it going to be something that needs constant new pressure every print or only every now and then? If it is not every print, and you have a good size compressor, you could try to add just an additional holding tank for iar. It is much cheaper than a actual whole additional compressor. We have a extra 240gal tank we use as a sort of reservoir. That way the compressor doesn't turn on as often but we still have a good amount of air ready to go.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Yeah it is gonna cost us a bunch more but it will be worth it in the end. My compressor is starving the press so a holding tank I don't believe will increase cfm so a new compressor is in the plans either a 7.5 or 10 horse. I found out I have 3 phase power so that will be good. The regulator/lubricator is leaking air and oil so I have to replace that. The flash I kept from the old Challenger wont fit on the Gauntlet so I have to get one of those unless I could figure something out with the old flash. I would like a 2nd one anyway. I need to replace the blanket on my exposure unit before I could burn any 23x31 screens so I cant test the press for registration yet, the blanket is on its way. It seems to just be piling up but it will all come together.

[TCT]

Be diligent when looking at a new compressor,  you may already know this but there is no such thing as a true 7.5hp compressor.  It is either a 5hp that is spead up,  or a 10hp that is slowed down.  The second one will usually last longer and be easier on the motor.  At that rate though you may as well just get a 10hp.
Having 3ph will help finding a good compressor. Check craigslist often for one, there are usually killer deals on them!

[IntegrityShirts]

http://modesto.craigslist.org/tls/4046717141.html

1 hour away, 10hp 3phase, and $800

[Prosperi-Tees]

Nevermind

[broadway]

Yeah it is gonna cost us a bunch more but it will be worth it in the end. My compressor is starving the press so a holding tank I don't believe will increase cfm so a new compressor is in the plans either a 7.5 or 10 horse. I found out I have 3 phase power so that will be good. The regulator/lubricator is leaking air and oil so I have to replace that. The flash I kept from the old Challenger wont fit on the Gauntlet so I have to get one of those unless I could figure something out with the old flash. I would like a 2nd one anyway. I need to replace the blanket on my exposure unit before I could burn any 23x31 screens so I cant test the press for registration yet, the blanket is on its way. It seems to just be piling up but it will all come together.

Check out the BBC Auto IR Flash  Dryer. It will fit a Gauntlet, Dback, Sportsman with a bracket. It is about $1200.00 and ships UPS, 3 day production time. So i was told. Why won't the unit you have work?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Yeah it is gonna cost us a bunch more but it will be worth it in the end. My compressor is starving the press so a holding tank I don't believe will increase cfm so a new compressor is in the plans either a 7.5 or 10 horse. I found out I have 3 phase power so that will be good. The regulator/lubricator is leaking air and oil so I have to replace that. The flash I kept from the old Challenger wont fit on the Gauntlet so I have to get one of those unless I could figure something out with the old flash. I would like a 2nd one anyway. I need to replace the blanket on my exposure unit before I could burn any 23x31 screens so I cant test the press for registration yet, the blanket is on its way. It seems to just be piling up but it will all come together.

Check out the BBC Auto IR Flash  Dryer. It will fit a Gauntlet, Dback, Sportsman with a bracket. It is about $1200.00 and ships UPS, 3 day production time. So i was told. Why won't the unit you have work?

I am looking at that one. It is all about the brackets that hold the flash up. My supply sales rep said he can get the old one to work, he will be here tomorrow to help me out so we shall see.

[Prosperi-Tees]

This doesn't look right. I have not checked all heads but this is head #8. Do I have to cut the squeegees down? This is with it adjusted all the way up.

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This doesn't look right. I have not checked all heads but this is head #8. Do I have to cut the squeegees down? This is with it adjusted all the way up.

no you do not cut the blade to adjust for the press,ever. You should also not be pulling the squeegee across the mesh without ink in it. Did you print when the tech was there?

[Prosperi-Tees]

No the machined was finished at 5:30 yesterday evening and we did not have time to print. I have not printed anything yet nor am I ready to.

[ZooCity]

This doesn't look right. I have not checked all heads but this is head #8. Do I have to cut the squeegees down? This is with it adjusted all the way up.

Looks like us printing DC.  But seriously, no, that ain't right.  You need to drop the plane of the screen holders to be in the right zone and then the platens need paralleled to that.  This is presuming you don't have central off contact or something.  If that's happening it's my guess that everything- screen holders and platens -is up too high.  Maybe something else is going on though, seems really weird that a tech would do a setup like that. 

We have our Gauntlet setup so that the screen holders are setup for printing on contact and then we use shims for higher o.c. when plasti is on the press.  Bump it up one more shim for fleece.  Not a bad way to go if you do wb/dc printing and plastisol.