Tag: heat press

Comparing Dual Station Heat Presses

Posted on by USCutter

Whether it’s Secabo, Hotronix, or our basic Multiplaten, what is the difference between all our dual-station production environment heat presses?

It depends on the job you need it to do, and how often. The devil is in the details to understand the significant price differences between all these offerings. It basically boils down to a few essential details in the quality of construction and overall ease of operation. The Secabo Smart heat press ($200 off for 2 more days!) is engineered to streamline your workflow and stand up to the demands of daily heavy usage.

Heat press users are looking for 3 things in a major heat press investment: reliability, consistent output, and ease of use.

The Secabo Smart heat press’s floating top platen features heavy duty springs for even consistent pressure distribution year after year. Reinforced threading protects the pressure knob from wear and tear.

Increased durability and strength of build make the Secabo worth your investment.
  • An 8-coil heat platen provides even heat distribution and low hysteresis (temperature fluctuations across the platen).
  • The slider extension is on a wheeled caddy to glide effortlessly back and forth over your work table.
  • Auto-open is adjustable for gentler release on printed heat transfer applications.
  • Features an intuitive user interface with rotary dial temperature and time setting, sleep mode, auto-off, language options. The internal memory stores up to 10 job presets.
  • AND it comes with a free Bluetooth app for remote operation and accessing a cloud database of constantly updated settings for commonly used heat transfer materials!

Check out the New Secabo Smart Heat Press!

Posted on by USCutter

This professional heat press system has a modular design for limitless configurations. Start with the control box and frame, you pick the options!

https://www.facebook.com/uscutter/videos/2032715726767976/

Optional quick change system for easily interchanging a variety of bottom platen formats for pressing sleeves, pockets, pants legs, etc.

Optional slider extension for setting up multi-stage workflows for apparel with sleeves, pockets, etc., as well as configuring as a dual station for simultaneous garment prepping and pressing!

Spend thousands less than you would on other heat presses with similar features. All of your selected components ship as a kit in separate boxes to save you hundreds on freight shipping, and assembly costs at the factory!

Siser HTV Tips for the Holidays

Posted on by USCutter
Siser NA Offers our most diverse premium HTV line for the Holidays!
Siser NA Offers our most diverse premium HTV line for the Holidays!

Siser NA offers USCutter.com’s most diverse line of premium heat transfer vinyl products going into the holidays. We here at USCutter think that you should always be 100% satisfied with your Siser experience. We recently had Siser NA’s Yoann Giorsetti, Director of International Sales, in our Redmond offices giving us an overview of product lines and common concerns from users.

Tips straight from the Siser source below!
Tips straight from the Siser source below!

Here are some Siser tips and facts straight from the source to ensure success with every press.

General

1.) For Siser products, it’s best to use a 45 degree blade at 40 to 60 grams of downforce pressure

2.) 80% of cutting issues are related to bad cutting strips. How old is your cutting strip and what type of shape is it in? Consider replacing it and buying a backup while you are at it.

EasyWeed

1.) Heating EasyWeed to 100 degrees prior to weeding increases speed up to 70%.

2.) 305 deg F is the standard heat setting. Every 5 degrees you go down from that when pressing material you need to add 2 seconds of time to your press. Other HTV’s claim a 5 second press time, Siser EasyWeed is no different at a pressing temp of 330 F, but 305 deg F is the recommended press temperature to ensure the best appearance and lastability of the material.

Other Lines

1.) For Brick, use a 60 degree blade, credit card thickness on blade depth, and .25 offset on the blade.

2.) Siser Flock is the only layer-able flock. Use a 60 deg blade.

3.) Holographic Material – Double cut the material before you weed.

4.) Too much liquid fabric softener in the wash will cause material to fall off. Smell your material, if it smells like wildflowers, lay off the fabric softener.

5.) Use ExtraReflex (instead of standard Reflectall) with a 60 degree blade and lower speed.

6.) For Latex printers – Use ColorPrint Easy.

7.) Soft Opaque will not fade.

8.) Siser Glow is the only glow that looks white in the light.