The heat press machine is used to add designs to fabric. It is used by consumers, nonprofit organizations and businesses to make T-shirts and other projects. Information about how the heat press machine works, the different types is covered below.
The heat press machines are also called heat transfer machines. Digital models have opened up a new markets for putting designs printed on sublimation transfer paper on mouse pads, glass and ceramic tiles. Most heat presses have an aluminum upper heating element because this metal is a great conductor of heat.
Function
Most heat presses use a flat platen applied to the fabrics that the design will be placed on. This applies heat and pressure to the fabric when transferring the design or graphic. There is a clam shell design that opens just like a clam shell. It is popular with vendors because it simple to use and saves counter space. The swing away design model opens and swings away from the lower heating platen. The swing away style machine is popular with athletic groups that print numbers on fabric and businesses that make wooden plaques and ceramic tiles. There is a drawer style press that has a plate that is pulled out like a drawer in a dresser. When it is pulled out, it opens away from the heat so that you can prepare the graphic to be applied to the fabric. Many machines use an aluminum heating element with a heat rod or wire attached to this element. These machines are a big part of the garment industry.
Many businesses start out with a manual press machine and eventually switch to an air automatic press machine. The air machine is easier to use and provides the muscle to apply the pressure to the heat platen. It saves money on shift work as workers are less tired from doing these themselves and produces more merchandise for the business. Many large volume businesses use more than one machine. The automatic transfer shuttle press is a machine for high volume production. Garments can be continuously loaded onto the lower load platen to be pressed by the heat platen. While one garment is being pressed another can be loaded on this for an eight-hour period.
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