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screen printing => Screen Making => Topic started by: ol man on March 14, 2013, 08:59:48 PM
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How many screens in 1 hour -- diptank, high grade pressure washer, easy strip/ 701. 1 person
Reclaimed , Coated.
I want to make sure im not being unreasonable with my employee, I know i can do 15-20 easy.
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That is about what I do, I am usually in no hurry.
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20-25 depending on how big of a crunch we are in.
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I got a guy that can do about 20/hour... Another one is closer to 12-15, but i'd rather a little slower and cleaned correctly than a rush half done job
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You all are reclaiming and also coating those same screens in an hour?
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Yup! Reclaim, and coat.
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Wow-I need to improve my reclaim. I switch between my dip tank and hand scrubbing emulsion remover and haven't noticed much of a difference.
I can reclaim 16 at most per hour but doesn't include coating. Could get a few dry that were started at the beginning of the hour but not the whole lot of 20-25.
Dip 4 screens, pressure wash 2 at time side by side, scrub residual ink if any, degrease, rinse, stand up across room to dry. I have a drying rack in a humidity controlled room but it's usually full of coated screens.
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How are you speed freaks drying your screens between blasting /degreasing, and re-coating?
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around 15 per hour especially if they need dehazing. Usually dry overnight and coat first thing in the morning.
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This freak uses a fan to dry the screens.
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Seriously guys. Pull tape , dip, remove emulsion, 701 the frame, mesh , rinse, dry and coat 20 plus a hour.
I'm struggling with those numbers. We go they a average of about 40 screens a day and my reclaimer is quick and good but 70 23x31s in a day is pushing it. Coating is another 45 minutes.
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I coat about a screen a minute, so even 20 screens is a third of the hour before I have even done anything else.
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I coat about a screen a minute, so even 20 screens is a third of the hour before I have even done anything else.
And how long to dry 20 screens?
I get the 15-20 screens in 60 minutes, just perhaps not 60 contiguous minutes.
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How many screens in 1 hour -- diptank, high grade pressure washer, easy strip/ 701. 1 person
Reclaimed , Coated.
I want to make sure im not being unreasonable with my employee, I know i can do 15-20 easy.
Yeah about 3min per. Can be faster if you have a really tight setup.
Just voice that so your emp doesn't take it as a prompt to go too fast than they are capable of and feed you screens full of fish eyes.
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Maybe I over do it.
Remove tape both sides = 1min
Spray on ink degrader and scrub/rinse = 3 min.
Place in dip tank stencil remover and power wash = 2 min
spray on degreaser and scrub / rinse = 2 min.
shop vac water off screen = 1 min
coat screen =1 min.
TOTAL =10 min. divided into 60 min = 6 screens per hr. That is my rate.
And in this figure there is some walking time from wash area to drying room.
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We don't remove the tape till after ink has been scrubbed and rinsed with Citra Paste. I find it cleaner to leave the tape in which keeps the ink and chems from building up in the frame corners and sides. Once rinsed the tape being wet pulls off quite easy as well.
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Low mesh screens with thicker stencils only around 10 per hour, mid to high mesh with thinner stencils probably 20-25. Stencil makes a huge difference.
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WOW. I thought we were fast. 10-15/hr no dip tank, does not include coating. I coat at night after screens have been reclaimed and dried. I coat 40-60 per hour 2x2. I really need to revisit this procedure.
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We'll do closer to 30 manual, 20 machine. We have a screen dryer, and that's all we can get in there to fill it up. The screen dryer might be one of the best auction deals I ever got, $300. Dry heat makes everything dry faster. Our normal cycle is reclaim, coat, expose, touch up, repeat...
Steve