Check your existing exposure unit to make sure it is big enough to handle the required screen frame for your new auto, plus the added footprint a pre-registration system like the Tri-Loc will need. Most likely, you will be using a larger screen frame on your auto. You want to make sure you won’t be waiting for space on the belt, letting your dryer control how much money you can make. Make sure that if you plan on using your existing dryer it will be able to handle the new higher production rates from an automatic press. Some equipment will require 3-phase power so be sure to review the power requirements.
Leave room around the press to have adequate access for moving flashes around, space for maintenance, and product flow.
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M&R’s Floor Plan software will help make that job quick and easy. It is a good idea to draw up a floor plan to scale and make sure you have plenty room for the new press and a dryer that can handle the added production. Make sure you buy a press big enough to handle jobs requiring a flash. It gives you a fast and easy way to get that problem job done and off the press. M&R presses have the Revolver program built into the controls that allow this to be done by placing a flash in a unload station or any open station.
So if you buy a 6-color automatic and need to print a 6 color job with a flash you may be out of luck. You have to remember that using a flash will occupy a print head and maybe even a cool down station after the flash. It is important to make sure you choose a press that will handle current needs but will also allow you to grow in the future and branch out into different market segments. Most manufacturers of automatic presses have overlapping models at different price points.