Upgrading stations/print-heads on a manual rotary press

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Upgrading stations/print-heads on a manual rotary press

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I've got a couple of questions that kinda stem off the Printing Tee Shirts With A Manual Rotary Press topic:

With the RANAR Vista series (or probably any other band of upgradable rotary press) what is usually involved in upgrading the number of stations and print heads? I was browsing through the Vista series options and for the ones that have only 1 station, it's a fixed station. I'm assuming that once you upgrade, you would have to detach the fixed station and the rotary platform that the print heads sit on to install a rotating platen-bracket system? Once that's done, is adding another print head or platen bracket just a matter of purchasing and installing one, or does the central hub ever need to be swapped out?
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You’re in luck! There’s a video on this very subject:



But different presses will upgrade differently if they are able to. Let me know if that answers your question.
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Perfect! That's exactly what I was wondering - thanks Jonathan! :mrgreen:
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My pleasure. Let me know if you have any further questions on this.
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