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Title: Back in the contract biz
Post by: tonypep on April 08, 2016, 02:26:27 PM
Can't say much more but 40 pallets on their way.
Happy Friday everyone!
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Dottonedan on April 08, 2016, 03:04:48 PM
Can't say much more but 40 pallets on their way.
Happy Friday everyone!

Does that mean 4 new 10 color presses or does that mean 40 pallets of shirts about 40k shirt order?
either way, great!
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Colin on April 08, 2016, 03:13:55 PM
100k pcs?

How many locations?
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Sbrem on April 08, 2016, 03:45:09 PM
let's see, 5 x 5 block, 1800, x 40 = 72,000, or so? There goes the weekend, LOL...

Steve0.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: tonypep on April 08, 2016, 03:51:18 PM
We have a winner 70K pcs 2 locations
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: jvanick on April 08, 2016, 03:58:54 PM
what kind of error rate to you shoot for/expect on an order that size?  less than 1%?  less than .1% ?? obviously can't be zero in the end, but what would you consider to be a good #?
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: tonypep on April 08, 2016, 04:11:06 PM
Our avg has always been .5% or less.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Dottonedan on April 08, 2016, 04:11:22 PM
We have a winner 70K pcs 2 locations


Well, I imagined only 5 cases of 72 units per stacked 3 high. Musta been 144 unit boxes.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: jvanick on April 08, 2016, 04:17:29 PM
Our avg has always been .5% or less.

Very nice!
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: scott316 on April 08, 2016, 04:21:52 PM
Is this what you needed those 280 screens for ? If so they are shipping today.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: XG Print on April 08, 2016, 04:25:24 PM
That's an awesome order....Id love to have the space for 40 pallets of shirts.  Id have them stacked in everybody I knows garage and I have a decent size place  :o
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: ericheartsu on April 08, 2016, 04:34:28 PM
40 shirts, big whoop.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: 3Deep on April 08, 2016, 05:00:46 PM
I know you all Tpep can handle that little job LOL, me I rather have 80 jobs  875pc ea, now that's where I can make some money!!!!!
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Colin on April 08, 2016, 05:55:13 PM
let's see, 5 x 5 block, 1800, x 40 = 72,000, or so? There goes the weekend, LOL...

Steve0.

Been getting a lot of skids in at 6x6 with ring spun garments.... I keep forgetting regular size boxes lol.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: TCT on April 08, 2016, 11:15:39 PM
what kind of error rate to you shoot for/expect on an order that size?  less than 1%?  less than .1% ?? obviously can't be zero in the end, but what would you consider to be a good #?
Not to derail the thread, and it is nowhere near the 70k that Tony landed, but we just ran 9000 prints and only had 7 miss prints. It pains me to say it, but I was responsible for 3 of them! Some example to set for the employees! :(
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: im_mcguire on April 08, 2016, 11:43:46 PM
what kind of error rate to you shoot for/expect on an order that size?  less than 1%?  less than .1% ?? obviously can't be zero in the end, but what would you consider to be a good #?
Not to derail the thread, and it is nowhere near the 70k that Tony landed, but we just ran 9000 prints and only had 7 miss prints. It pains me to say it, but I was responsible for 3 of them! Some example to set for the employees! :(
Same here about. 13,000 prints 2 sides, and only 4 misprints. For newly trained pressmen, I call that a win.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: bimmridder on April 09, 2016, 10:27:24 AM
In your defense Alex, while you were printing you were probably also answering phones, looking at art seps, quoting a job, running up and down stairs, and a few other tasks, too
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: TCT on April 09, 2016, 12:23:12 PM
In your defense Alex, while you were printing you were probably also answering phones, looking at art seps, quoting a job, running up and down stairs, and a few other tasks, too

Wait, doesn't everyone operate like that?  :o
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: GKitson on April 10, 2016, 07:03:34 AM
In your defense Alex, while you were printing you were probably also answering phones, looking at art seps, quoting a job, running up and down stairs, and a few other tasks, too

Sounds Normal to me, everything but the stairs part! 

Alex uses the stairs as his personal stair-master and saves on his gym membership, gotta keep his svelte shape 8)
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Sbrem on April 11, 2016, 08:41:46 AM
In your defense Alex, while you were printing you were probably also answering phones, looking at art seps, quoting a job, running up and down stairs, and a few other tasks, too

Wait, doesn't everyone operate like that?  :o

I'm close, but I'm not used on press anymore... still, I fill my day with constant interruptions while trying to separate or quote, or fix something, or...

Steve
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: alan802 on April 11, 2016, 08:52:35 AM
I remember when I was running the press we would literally go MONTHS, hundreds of setups, hundreds of jobs between misprints.  Our misprint average has quadrupled over the years but it's still around .1%. 

Congrats on the order though, I wouldn't want any part of it.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Printficient on April 11, 2016, 09:06:42 AM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: jvanick on April 11, 2016, 09:10:26 AM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.

this is impressive, especially with a new crew.

when running large orders we have a tendency to get complacent during the run... ie, not tacking until it's WAY past needed and then you'll get a handful of shirts that are skewed...

the other thing that will happen is we'll run out of ink in the underbase screen... and the ops won't hear the floodbar singing (I can hear that sound all the way in the office and generally will come running)
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: mk162 on April 11, 2016, 09:33:37 AM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.

this is impressive, especially with a new crew.

when running large orders we have a tendency to get complacent during the run... ie, not tacking until it's WAY past needed and then you'll get a handful of shirts that are skewed...

the other thing that will happen is we'll run out of ink in the underbase screen... and the ops won't hear the floodbar singing (I can hear that sound all the way in the office and generally will come running)

It's not that hard when you standards are really low. ;)

Have fun with that Sonny. 
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Printficient on April 11, 2016, 10:41:58 AM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.

this is impressive, especially with a new crew.

when running large orders we have a tendency to get complacent during the run... ie, not tacking until it's WAY past needed and then you'll get a handful of shirts that are skewed...

the other thing that will happen is we'll run out of ink in the underbase screen... and the ops won't hear the floodbar singing (I can hear that sound all the way in the office and generally will come running)
Running out of ink was the main culprit.  Pulling 4 or 5 shirts before noticing that the ink wasn't there.  I have less hair now than I did then.
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: alan802 on April 11, 2016, 01:28:13 PM
Yes, long runs usually result in running low of ink in a screen then couple that with tunnel vision from pulling 1000 shirts in an hour without a break and you get misprints.  It's really easy to do so I don't get on the guys too much when that happens.  Other mistakes can be considered dumb and all bets are off in how we deal with them.  Usually they watch me turn red, tell them to get their heads out of their buttholes and I walk outside and yell a few times and it's over with. 
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: XG Print on April 11, 2016, 02:27:10 PM
Yes, long runs usually result in running low of ink in a screen then couple that with tunnel vision from pulling 1000 shirts in an hour without a break and you get misprints.  It's really easy to do so I don't get on the guys too much when that happens.  Other mistakes can be considered dumb and all bets are off in how we deal with them.  Usually they watch me turn red, tell them to get their heads out of their buttholes and I walk outside and yell a few times and it's over with.

Sounds a lot like my method for anger management!  :o
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: bimmridder on April 11, 2016, 02:44:29 PM
Tony, tell us more about what's cooking when you are able to? (sorry to get back on subject)
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: BorisB on April 11, 2016, 03:28:49 PM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.

this is impressive, especially with a new crew.

when running large orders we have a tendency to get complacent during the run... ie, not tacking until it's WAY past needed and then you'll get a handful of shirts that are skewed...

the other thing that will happen is we'll run out of ink in the underbase screen... and the ops won't hear the floodbar singing (I can hear that sound all the way in the office and generally will come running)
Running out of ink was the main culprit.  Pulling 4 or 5 shirts before noticing that the ink wasn't there.  I have less hair now than I did then.
0.005% is less then 4 shirts. 3.75 to be exact. Well, at least in metric system. Maybe imperial units give different result.????
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: Printficient on April 11, 2016, 05:11:56 PM
I am in the middle of 75000 pieces 2 sided with a totally green crew.  So far we are at .005% misprints.  Most of these were fixable on press but were pulled off before I could stop them.

this is impressive, especially with a new crew.

when running large orders we have a tendency to get complacent during the run... ie, not tacking until it's WAY past needed and then you'll get a handful of shirts that are skewed...

the other thing that will happen is we'll run out of ink in the underbase screen... and the ops won't hear the floodbar singing (I can hear that sound all the way in the office and generally will come running)
Running out of ink was the main culprit.  Pulling 4 or 5 shirts before noticing that the ink wasn't there.  I have less hair now than I did then.
0.005% is less then 4 shirts. 3.75 to be exact. Well, at least in metric system. Maybe imperial units give different result.????
you are right I meant 1/2 of 1 %
Title: Re: Back in the contract biz
Post by: jvanick on April 11, 2016, 05:17:41 PM
so about 375 shirts out of 75k order scrapped...

still pretty impressive.