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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: im_mcguire on August 14, 2015, 10:11:35 AM
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I am a one man shop, and on my larger orders, I find myself having to change out the boxes for the different sizes quite frequently to allow the shirts to just drop in the box.
I want to know what people are using for the end of your conveyor to allow your shirts to just fall into?
Thanks!
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I use a 'garment runner'
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We're using a very big box. In the end of the run someone will go and separate all the shirt sizes. Not the most efficient solution but it works.
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we have a garment runner at the end of each dryer, but also a catcher who jumps between each
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We have a big azz tote at the end of our dryer, works just fine
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People. Well you asked ;)
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I built a super simple 2x4 frame on casters, then got a big piece of industrial canvas and made a sort of bin out of it. Along the top I attached snap buttons with corresponding pieces on the frame so I can take it off and shake out the lint or even wash it when necessary (rarely). It holds around 350-400 shirts without issue and is the exact width of my dryer and just tall enough to slide under the end when not being used. I have seen people use rigid plastic totes (what I orginally used) and boxes and wood crates, but they get dusty easily and suck to clean. The casters are super nice to have as well for big runs.
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40 gallon tote on the wheels (Biggest one I could find).
I'm single man shop and that works well for me. 50-60 shirts are fine, maybe even more before I need to empty it.
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People... but I think you mean something else. We also have a box which is as wide as the end of the belt, for when someone isn't there. If you raise it a bit off the floor, it's easier on your back, but holds fewer shirts before they overflow...
Steve
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Big plywood bin on casters, but people whenever possible. Sorting shirts out of the box sucks, we usually make note of size changes and empty the box of bunches of shirts in their respective sizes to help speed things up.
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I agree on emptying between sizes on large runs. Saves a lot of time.
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Last larger shop in which I worked made big boxes on wheels out of melamine covered particle board (easy to keep clean)
These canvas laundry baskets look like they fit the bill as well
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/320387707258-0-1/s-l1000.jpg)
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120 gallon live stock water bin from tractor supply.
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Large container with wheels.
Slides right under the dryer belt. Have about a dozen, so when you start a new size you just slide the empty bin under the belt.
And with having a lid, they also work good for stacking shirts on for loading.
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similar to this
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Roughneck-50-Gallon-Jumbo-Storage-Tote-Dark-Indigo-Metallic/38664667 (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Roughneck-50-Gallon-Jumbo-Storage-Tote-Dark-Indigo-Metallic/38664667)
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similar to this
[url]http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Roughneck-50-Gallon-Jumbo-Storage-Tote-Dark-Indigo-Metallic/38664667[/url] ([url]http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Roughneck-50-Gallon-Jumbo-Storage-Tote-Dark-Indigo-Metallic/38664667[/url])
Exactly what I use.....
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We use a plywood box the width of the belt that holds about 600 shirts or so, but... we try to always have a catcher for anything over 36 shirts... sorting sucks.
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A DIY garment runner and a girl with a set of arms and hands to catch some shirts.
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It's the one part of the process where you don't need anything fancy. My card box fits 200 shirts easily and cost me $8. I've been using it for 10 months and it will probably last me another year.
If I hire someone in the next few months I will definitely have that person catch shirts at times but I'm not too bothered with that
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I use the heavy cardboard box my big Weber gas grill came in.
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I use a LRS manufactured Model 230 Aluminum Framed Catch Station with a shade cloth garment retention insert.
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I built a super simple 2x4 frame on casters, then got a big piece of industrial canvas and made a sort of bin out of it. Along the top I attached snap buttons with corresponding pieces on the frame so I can take it off and shake out the lint or even wash it when necessary (rarely). It holds around 350-400 shirts without issue and is the exact width of my dryer and just tall enough to slide under the end when not being used. I have seen people use rigid plastic totes (what I orginally used) and boxes and wood crates, but they get dusty easily and suck to clean. The casters are super nice to have as well for big runs.
No pictures == it didn't happen! ;)
Speaking of, ever posted up pics of that FPU?
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no. I have been so totally slammed lately I haven't done much photo taking or building, and most of my time on the forum is while i'm in the middle of live email exchanges or working on art and taking little 5 minute breaks. This has been the busiest summer ever for me for some reason. Summers are usually dead for me...
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Tangent question:
I was under the impression that it's not good, either for the shirt or the print, to have the hot shirts stack up on each other and stay hot. I know that I've had trouble with printing polyesters sports tees where the print crinkles and sticks to itself badly if left to stack up after leaving the dryer, I also thought it would increase any dye migration. Perhaps this is because my belt ends only a couple of inches out of the tunnel so the shirts don't get a chance to cool before stacking? My solution for the poly's was to rig up a cardboard slide from the belt with a fan blowing on the slide. I don't use a slide with cotton tees but I'll stop printing to pack the shirts flat every 20 or so, probably not ideal efficiency even if its only 4 steps away.
Any ideas or solutions for boxes to catch polyesters that doesn't continue to bake them into one big ball of plastic?
James
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Tangent question:
I was under the impression that it's not good, either for the shirt or the print, to have the hot shirts stack up on each other and stay hot. I know that I've had trouble with printing polyesters sports tees where the print crinkles and sticks to itself badly if left to stack up after leaving the dryer, I also thought it would increase any dye migration. Perhaps this is because my belt ends only a couple of inches out of the tunnel so the shirts don't get a chance to cool before stacking? My solution for the poly's was to rig up a cardboard slide from the belt with a fan blowing on the slide. I don't use a slide with cotton tees but I'll stop printing to pack the shirts flat every 20 or so, probably not ideal efficiency even if its only 4 steps away.
Any ideas or solutions for boxes to catch polyesters that doesn't continue to bake them into one big ball of plastic?
James
A tangential answer may be to add a longer runoff or fans carefully mounted to cool the shirts but not the tunnel. I have had to do that when I was using a very small dryer.