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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: screenprintguy on November 13, 2015, 11:51:51 AM
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Any of you guy use a garment runner instead of cardboard box or plastic bins?
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We do. It's great. Wildly fortunate enough for find one used on Craigslist years ago for cheap.
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we built one from plywood. Put some casters on the bottom and it works great. Had to modify it for the MD-8, but other than that it's been around for over 20 years.
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Ditto to what Kind said.
I'm sure you could build one if need be. As long as it's on casters.
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You should see the custom built robotic vs at Addidas/Reebok.........inline track w/ bins driven electronicaly using bar code scan bar code to final destinations. Fun to watch. Could be overkill for some ;)
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You should see the custom built robotic vs at Addidas/Reebok.........inline track w/ bins driven electronicaly using bar code scan bar code to final destinations. Fun to watch. Could be overkill for some ;)
is there a video?
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Thanks guys. You know some times when we have a very thin staff for the day, like currently, some jobs can just fall in the box and someone multi tasking can sort later rather than paying another knuckle head to stand and catch smaller jobs, I'd like something better than cardboard boxes that have been taped together lol. I've always seen ads for these things, they look nice vs a box, seem easy to clean and keep from being linty or dusty.
Robotic! man, no we just need a robotic catcher that can work the end of the dryer too, lol. We usually always have someone catching, but sometimes, I'd like to burn through a few jobs and not wait that extra few minutes for so and so to come out of the embroidery ect. 700 shirt capacity on the big runner seems nice. At least to catch a couple hundred and keep the flow going. Just thinking ;D
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I just ordered one after seeing them at every press at the SGIA show. Just another item for the shop I've designed in my DYI brain for years, but never had the time to build.
The box or flat cardboard at the end of the oven is so underwhelming for the occasional shop tour for visitors. You walk them through this fascinating process with an automatic machine, a pizza oven the size of a bus, and then their custom shirt creation just drops on the floor! It's like...really?
.... (Not to mention the floor contamination appearing on dark shirts).
It's a no brainier, so I doubt I'll regret spending the $289.00.
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I built this out of a sheet of plywood and some casters
(http://www.oaknet.com/gallery/var/resizes/Bella/IMG_8164.jpg?m=1447607322)
holds about 400 or so shirts...
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I built this out of a sheet of plywood and some casters
([url]http://www.oaknet.com/gallery/var/resizes/Bella/IMG_8164.jpg?m=1447607322[/url])
holds about 400 or so shirts...
You are Golden
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we use the cardboard box that some of our auto came in. Its on a set of dolly wheels that we used to move our equipment to our new shop. We bought 4 sets of wheels. 1 under the box and 3 others under the garbage cans.
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at the end of our belt are the boxes assembled pre-stretched Newman 23x31's came into the shop almost 20 years ago.
How's that for re-cycling?
~Kitson
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I wasn't aware that many didn't have anything at the end of the dryer. We ALWAYS have someone catching during a job but we've always had a large wooden framed "basket" that would probably hold 400-500 shirts but it mainly catches and strays that get past the catcher when we're running fast. It mainly catches test print shirts but it's been many years since we've used it as our 3rd person because the few times we tried it I didn't like how long it took to sort through all of the shirts especially if it's a larger job with lots of different sizes. But a pet peeve of mine might not bother someone else but regardless of whether you'll love it or not, use it like we do or in a larger capacity, get one.
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We are fortunate enough to have the need to have a person at the end of the dryers to catch, inspect, sort, etc.
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I'm with Greg and Dave on this one. Its a QC checkpoint.
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If you use something to catch the shirts while you are printing so you can fold later, empty the basket in between size changes. It will save you a lot of time later. At least it does for me.
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We have had one for 5-6 yrs and love it.
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Good stuff guys, Nice catch bin J, and your dogs are cool too!!! Now, how do you keep their hair out of the air in your shop lol.
We, 99.9% of the time have someone catching jobs so that a final eye ball is being done, as well as keeping things from getting wrinkled, and sorting being done ect ect. But, there are times when, say I may want to get something going at a certain time when that person isn't ready, or I have them doing something else, or I stay late, come in on the weekend, and paying someone to stand and catch a 100 piece order is, in my opinion a waste of their time, and our money. We've always had a huge modified/taped together box down there, but you know after time they just look like crap and after having all this new beautiful M&R gear put in, epoxy'd flooring and having people come by to see the place I'd really like something a little nicer. The runner is really nice. I like how you can buy bags, so if there is that day where someone calls in, or is late what ever, and we need to rock out, "which now with our new GT3", shirts freakin fly out of the dryer, we can let a job fall in a bag, and then put an empty in for the next set up and not have mix matched jobs. Honestly this probably would be a rare situation because I do believe the catcher is an important part of the whole final production process, but we also don't have the amount of abundant staff that some larger shops have. So with that, we have to get creative at times depending on work load and staff. One of my new guys is a professional carpenter and could knock out a few really nice looking rolling boxes like yours Jvanick. I may have him knock one out and see how we like it, it can always double as a test shirt bin if not, lol, but I'm sure it will do awesome since all these years have just been a cardboard box. Either way, like I said, it's not like that's how we roll all the time, but in a pinch it would be nice to have something that could contain a nice quantity.
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If you use something to catch the shirts while you are printing so you can fold later, empty the basket in between size changes. It will save you a lot of time later. At least it does for me.
When I worked in a larger auto operation, we would call out size changes and the stacker/folder would empty the bin. I always assumed that was SOP. If the bins aren't emptied pretty promptly and regularly, the shirts definitely wrinkle somewhat.
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I do have a used Blade Runner though it probably wasn't designed to be within 30 yards of well.........anything
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Good stuff guys, Nice catch bin J, and your dogs are cool too!!! Now, how do you keep their hair out of the air in your shop lol..
Unfortunately we don't... luckily it isn't too bad except for on the floor, so we try not to let stuff fall off the tables/etc.
Never have gotten a complaint about a few stray dog hairs before ;), and I think that some of our customers actually come in to see the dogs on pickup.
-J
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The cat isn't allowed in the production area and he listens 99% of the time, and he knows it when he's pushing his luck.
He still manages to get hair on the shirts that sit up front waiting to get picked up for too long, I usually make a joke about how long they must have been sitting there done.
Most ppl don't seem to mind, even the ones that are amazingly DEATHLY afraid of cats. We just have to lock him up in a section while they are there. One customer just knocks at the door and waits for us to lock him up.
He is a Maine Coon so he's pretty big, but it's always an irrational fear that I think would apply if he was a kitten.
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Our shop dog. The Doberman Printer.