Does the Atlas 824 conveyor dryer work well for water based ink?

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designit2gether

Discussion Starter · Mar 28, 2012

My buddy and I are very close to purchasing an Atlas 824 conveyor dryer... we use only water based inks and figured we'd put up a quick post to see if anyone would recommend a different dryer at or around the same price?

We haven't found anything negative posted anywhere about the Atlas 824, and it's a very good price new.

We'd love to hear from somebody who may have had experience curing water based inks with this or a similar model.

We have between $4,000 and $5,000 to spend.

Here's the Atlas:

Atlas 824D Conveyor Dryer, 24 Belt, 8' Length [AE0805] - $3,985.25 : Atlas Screen Supply Company

Other comparable dryers we've considered are:

EC II 30 - http://www.vastex.com/literature/reg/vastex_catalog.pdf

BBC Forced Air Conveyor - BBC Forced Air Conveyor 8 Foot w/ 24" Belt, 8100 Watts!

Thanks very much!!

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DKgrafix

· #2 · Mar 29, 2012

I have older 824, it is a nice dryer. I do not do water based inks and I can not tell you anything about that.
The only thing that I would sugest is to go as big as possible, and with as long as possible infeed and outfeed. On 24" belt, 2XL and bigger shirts are bit of a pain to place on.

All together, even the old dryer is nicely put together, the panels are easy to change. Good support too.
http://www.atlasckg.com/dryers/824D/index.html Cathy will take care of you.

Good luck

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sben763

· #3 · Mar 29, 2012

The BBC would definitely work the atlas should also but a quick call to atlas would confirm this. The vastex model you posted will not do water base. If you looked around you could get a used dryer in a larger size unless you have space constraints. I personally wouldn't go any smaller than 36" wide. Water base takes a slower belt speed so length helps production rates.

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designit2gether

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 29, 2012

Thanks guys. We're still shopping around, but finding it difficult to find anything much wider than 24 or 30" with forced air in our price range...

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