Anyone replace an M&R Sprint 3000 dryer belt? I need to buy new ones for our DHZ (dual heat zone) dryer, 36" belts on each side.  M&R lists them for $2500 each which is insane.  $5,000 to drop for this fix.

The company I went with in the past for a Sprint 2000 replacement belt is not responding to me email / calls (Green belting industries). https://www.greenbelting.com/products-tapes/belting/

I thought they could do the V channel too.  Main reason we need to get replacements is the V channel has broken off a lot and the mesh has separated from the edge in large sections.  Still working okay but I want replacements ready to go.

This reminds me of a story my grandpa told. He worked at Munsingwear back in the day and there was a knit developer named Woodhead(can't remember his first name, but his daughter is a customer of ours funny enough) But he designed and patented a lot of knits and knitting processes back in the 50-70's.  I am not sure if he developed the tricot knit or not, but they had a tricot knitting machine in the basement of Munsingwear that had to be put up on rubber blocks because it shook the entire building while it ran.  They were afraid it would crack the foundation.

Anyone have their equipment on vibration pads? Mainly thinking of compressor and dryer, maybe presses and emb machines.
Idea being to reduce any vibrational noise/feeling. Both are relatively quiet, (comp is rotary) but as I get older I appreciate quiet.

On the same note, what about embroidery room flooring? We've had both finished concrete and now commercial carpet. Carpet
definitely dampens noise but is a nightmare to cleanup threads, any kind of spinning vacuum doesn't stand a chance.

Hahaa sooo funy! The noise of packiging tape guns always drove me nuts, thus the paper tape dispenser. Get the largest toilet bowl brush you can find, it picks up the tread on carplet like crazy. FYI, embroidery noise is no joke to your ears, my hearing is jacked from the countless hours behind a 12 head in small room. A few foam panels on walls and ceilng will help minimize sound as well.

An idea for testing your heat press.
Some heat presses have a few elements and if one is not working it will be hard to tell.
I found the best way to test is to push up the temperature of the press and then press a piece of white printing paper, or lay a few down to fully cover the platen.
The paper will turn yellow from the heat and if there is a problem with a element then it will stay white under the faulty element.

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

I use this attachment on my shopvac. The press area of the shop (roughly 18x40) is wall to wall low carpet on cement, it was a men's clothing store. Press, dryer and compressor all sit on it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-1-1-4-in-and-2-1-2-in-VT2530-Carpet-and-Hard-Floor-Nozzle-Accessory-Shop-Vacuum-Attachment-for-RIDGID-Wet-Dry-Vacs-VT2530/100520393