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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: inkstain on September 14, 2017, 03:16:56 PM
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Hi guys,
Looking for some reviews on a 2006 M&R Radicure (36" wide, 10ft chamber, 5ft in and out feeds) that I might be able to purchase for a good deal, or anyone with a Radicure that may be a different year. Currently have an older Anatol dryer (30" wide, 5ft chamber, 2ft in and out feeds) that I've had for about 12 years. It works but it's been a headache at times. Wanna upgrade. I print 90% plastisol but want to print more water base. From what I've read, the Radicure has forced air to help with that. Plus, a 10ft chamber sounds good too.
One hiccup, but heard that it's doable, is that my shop is only single phase and the Radicure is 3 phase. I heard you can use a phase convertor for it to work. Any one on out there do that with their dryer/equipment? Anything I should be aware of?
Looking for any feedback, pros-cons. Thanks for the help.
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phase 1 Radicure only runs 3 panels. I converted mine to a 4th panel but still wouldn't feel comfortable running a lot of water base through it. You need to just move to a gas dryer if thats something you think you want to get into.
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phase 1 Radicure only runs 3 panels. I converted mine to a 4th panel but still wouldn't feel comfortable running a lot of water base through it. You need to just move to a gas dryer if thats something you think you want to get into.
Thanks for the info. Sorry, I forgot to mention that the Radicure I'm looking at is 3 phase, 10ft chamber with 6 panels. How do you think that would fare with water base? I'd like to upgrade to gas but can't in my situation/shop.
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We used to run a Radicure at 4 feet per minute for wb/dc. Very slow but it cured the ink.
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We used to run a Radicure at 4 feet per minute for wb/dc. Very slow but it cured the ink.
What temp, what height?
How big is your heat chamber? 3 panels?
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The six panel Radicure will do just fine with waterbase but the air flow of gas dryers is key to faster production
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We used to run a Radicure at 4 feet per minute for wb/dc. Very slow but it cured the ink.
What temp, what height?
How big is your heat chamber? 3 panels?
The same dryer that the OP is looking at. Temp 850f. Panel height, I dunno, but whatever is recommended by M&R would be the height set.