Getting ready for a tech

[cbjamel]

Looks like the screen holder have been adjusted up for old squeegees that been ground down/sharpened.
 
Rich what your idea/opinion?

Shane

[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?

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.

Go to www.presstech.net. Dave has all the parts you will need for an old omni flash, simple website.

[GaryG]

Rich is right u just need some lube in the trough.
Or less pressure. Air is sure full on that chop.

[Prosperi-Tees]

I didn't even think the squeegee would even hit the screen since I adjusted it all the way to the top.

[Homer]

Gerry, was this an M&R tech? that stuff should have been set up by him, the techs I had wouldn't leave until a print came off the machine....

[Prosperi-Tees]

Yeah it was an M&R tech. He was in a hurry to get out of here for another job. He admittedly wasn't very familiar with the press which I understand cause he hasn't been with M&R long. He was also laboring from a bad toothache so that may have affected some things as well. Took 3 days to get to this point. A day and a half longer than expected. Im gonna burn a couple screens tomorrow if I can get my exposure unit to cooperate with me.

[GaryG]

Yeah ink and a garment is needed to gauge
how much pressure is being exerted or driven
into it.

[Prosperi-Tees]

I have old screens sitting here that we could have used but...

[bimmridder]

You know turning pressure knobs "up"  actually move the squeegee down, right?

[Prosperi-Tees]

You know turning pressure knobs "up"  actually move the squeegee down, right?

Yikes! Honestly I didn't take but 3 minutes to day to look at anything. I will check in the AM

[244]

Looks like the screen holder have been adjusted up for old squeegees that been ground down/sharpened.
 
Rich what your idea/opinion?

Shane

I dont think anything is wrong. I think the fact that the compressor will not run the press is taking away from the press being test printed properly. Get the right compressor and then see what is right or wrong.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Well the tech showed up in this morning and I showed him about the squeegee pressure. He is now having to relevel the arms and register it all over again.

[ZooCity]

Well the tech showed up in this morning and I showed him about the squeegee pressure. He is now having to relevel the arms and register it all over again.

Called it!  Easy mistake to make when setting up any press, auto or manual.  You want the arms/platens on a plane that will allow you the largest range of adjustment on the top part of the machine- off contact, blade pressure, etc.  It takes a little thinkin' and figurin' to get there sometimes and I've been down that road of having to redo what you thought was such a nice leveling job before that is in parallel but not on the right plane unfortunately.

The worst was when I was installing new platen brackets on a new press that was shipped with incorrect brackets/platens.  The brackets looked identical but were not, and actually had two different heights, rendering it impossible to parallel as the range of adjustment of the bolts could not accommodate both types of brackets together.  That really had me stumped.  Lucky you have an M&R and there are many more "fixed variables" on those machines to help you in troubleshooting. 

[Prosperi-Tees]

Got fixed today. The tech adjusted the press to the standards of a new machine instead of the older press that it is so that caused the squeegee problem. It is running pretty smooth now. It will definitely print a few colors with the current compressor but I will have to take it slow until I get decided on which compressor to go with. My main concern now is trying to rig up the omni flash from the old challenger to work on the Gauntlet and also to replace the air/oil leaking regulator/lubricator.

[Gilligan]

Did the regulator get damaged in shipping or install?