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16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« on: August 04, 2014, 12:31:36 PM »

We use 14" squeegees in our chopper heads, as we print on 14x18 platens... we spend a lot of time carding the ink back into the center of the screen.

I'm considering upgrading to winged floodbars, but Action Engineering doesn't carry the 14" variety in 'stock', so I'd have to order 12 of them... (which is a pretty good chunk of change, when I only really need 2 or 3 of them).

a few questions...

1.  would it even be worth it to use a 16" winged flood bar.. guessing not, since it won't bring the ink back into the center of the screen...

2. does anybody have any 13-14" winged floodbars 'laying' around that they might be willing to sell? -- or know where to just buy a few of them at a time?

standard M&R style fit should be fine.

-J


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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2014, 12:37:58 PM »
Did you try M&R or they have the ink traps that work nice.

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2014, 12:52:47 PM »
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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2014, 12:53:38 PM »

We use 14" squeegees in our chopper heads, as we print on 14x18 platens... we spend a lot of time carding the ink back into the center of the screen.

I'm considering upgrading to winged floodbars, but Action Engineering doesn't carry the 14" variety in 'stock', so I'd have to order 12 of them... (which is a pretty good chunk of change, when I only really need 2 or 3 of them).

a few questions...

1.  would it even be worth it to use a 16" winged flood bar.. guessing not, since it won't bring the ink back into the center of the screen...

2. does anybody have any 13-14" winged floodbars 'laying' around that they might be willing to sell? -- or know where to just buy a few of them at a time?

standard M&R style fit should be fine.

-J
last time I checked we will make any size you want and probably have them in stock. You can buy 1 or 100. Price is the same.
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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 12:54:16 PM »
These are in stock. Call us at 770-717-1000

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2014, 01:19:46 PM »
Ordered from Action!  Thanks guys!

FYI, for anybody else looking, the 14" are now a standard stock item there...

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2014, 03:00:53 PM »
Fantastic! Thank you sincerely for your trust in our company. We'll have these out immediately.
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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2014, 12:34:19 PM »
I took a Floorbar down to a Sheet Metal Shop and had wings made that I could attach to my existing Floodbar. $10.00 each

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2014, 12:29:33 PM »
I took a Floorbar down to a Sheet Metal Shop and had wings made that I could attach to my existing Floodbar. $10.00 each

Pictures?

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2014, 02:19:32 PM »
new flood bars are in and have used them on a few jobs.. HUGE improvement over non winged versions...

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2014, 07:25:40 PM »
new flood bars are in and have used them on a few jobs.. HUGE improvement over non winged versions...

It's great to hear you're pleased with them. We look forward to you trying other products also.
Thank you for the positive feedback!
« Last Edit: August 18, 2014, 07:34:20 AM by Action1 »

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2014, 12:22:55 PM »
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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2014, 12:24:12 PM »
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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2014, 12:45:12 PM »
So did they make a whole new flood bar?

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Re: 16" winged floodbars with 14" squeegees
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2014, 01:55:02 PM »
Looks like they made it to fit flush with the whole face, and go a little deeper than the old one.  Bolts/nuts are on top.