New Barudan

Screen Printer

Depends on the structure of the cap and the design.
700 or 800 on firm caps
600 on flimsy caps

Flats..just depends on the design

Average 900
Complicated designs 800 or 700

small lettering 600

I used to run everything wide open....hehehehe

I just learned that is better to be slightly slower...but consistent.

Very seldom break a needle....if I do....it will be on a flimsy cap that I was going too fast on.

Very seldom breaks thread.

Most thread breaks come from movement of garment while going too fast

jssans

14ft 6-head. Even bigger box. Well I'll start running caps tomorrow.

Screen Printer

I remember getting mine....at this point...I was excited but nervous...hehehehe

Good Luck!

90 spools of thread to be installed...LOL

minimalist

You do know the air trick for threading the tubes yes?

EnMartian

Barudans are great machines. Our company has several multiheads and they've been workhorses.

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Screen Printer

Ohh yes...hehehhee

jssans

I ran the Barudan for two 8 hr shifts. We ran a high detail with small lettering design on caps, around 17,000 stitches @ 640spm. Only two thread breaks. The tech said not to run it over 640spm for the first week. I am impressed with many things about this machine.
1. The sew quality
2. The speed(I ran caps @ 500spm on my multi-head Happys)
3. The ease to replace the knife under the needle plate and the piece that keeps the hook from spinning.
4. The Advantage cap frame is huge advance over anything I have dealt with. I really like it and so do the employees.

We ran this exact job before on a 6-head Happy and it took a little over three days.
The same job took two days on the Barudan.
So I got a 33% increase in productivity with better quality. Only time will tell, but I'm impressed.

xxyybeth

If the 6-Head Happy you compared productivity wasn't a New Machine, same year as New Barudan, then not a fair comparison for anybody reading results if they are shopping for a new machine. Technology, manufacturer upgrades, machine capabilities are enhanced, increased, with each new model.

Factual comparison would be to compare Same Model Year Machines were Manufacturered, run same design on same YEAR Different Brands, then compare Cost, productivity, amount of time/steps, etc. to produce same end result. Result then Apples-to-Apples, a sound buying decisions could then be made. Good to know info for anybody comparing Brands/Shopping.

synergy

That's something I've been asking for years but was never really given an answer for. Apparently comparing an old Mercedes mid sedan with a newer top of the line Hyundai wouldn't be a fair comparison.

jssans, now that bought a brand new Barudan, have you ever had a chance to compare it to the Tajima? Preferrably a newer model?
If so, which brand do you like the sew qualities better?

Could you tell me what made you choose Barudan over other popular brands?

jssans

I would love to have four brands in the room at the same time for a month of testing. SWF, Happy, Tajima & Barudan. Brand new, of course. To be fair they all offered a 30 day trial to do so. Is it also fair for me to compare a 2001 Happy to a 2012 Barudan? No. So my only reasonable alternative was to research others experience with new machines, their loyalty and how long they have been in business. This research narrowed me down to Tajima & Barudan. Many large embroiderers have both Tajima & Barudan running in their facilities making these businesses the best sources of info. Most of these embroiderers when making new purchases were buying Barudan. They had nothing negative to say about Tajima. They just said that Barudan had a slim edge over Tajima at the moment. That's why I went with Barudan.