April 9th, 2012, 10:09 PM
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Re: Layout Suggestion
I thought the 5 autos on one belt was a very wild hypothetical scenario and didn't really take the question seriously. My bad, I would have replied had I known it was for real. That arrangement would not be very easy to work in and around in my opinion. I'm sure there are dryers running with 5 autos but they have 16' infeeds and outfeeds with heat chambers around 20' or more so the belt can run at 40-50 feet per minute. No way I'd run those dryers back to back like that, but I've also never thought about that arrangement nor ever seen it so maybe it would work. I'd be more apt to buy 4 of those presses but make them all the same and not have three different manufacturers present in the shop, that could be a mess when it comes to pre-press and regi system variables and processes. Unless you were doing a big side by side comparison for the entire industry to witness and take part in then I'd stick with either 4 RPM's, 4 CH 3's, or 4 MHM's. I would be willing to bet that 4 of the same auto could produce more than 5 from three different manufacturers, but if you've got a super badass crew you could pull it off. Those don't grow on trees though. 4 autos running on 2 60" belt width dryers, 12-16' heat chambers with 8' in/outfeeds, presses on each side of the dryer would be killer and you could crank out 16-20k pieces on a single shift on a good day and more on a really good day if you had those kinds of jobs.
I'm not on my computer to where I could show how I would lay it out, maybe tomorrow morning if I make it to work.
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