Moving a QMDI or Ryobi? + Required foot print?

I'm thinking about getting a DI press, but we *might* be moving in the next 2-3 months; and I'm curious as to A. how difficult it is to move the machine and what it might cost?

Also - what is the actual foot print of the machine, and how much room around it would you say you need?

Thanks in advance!

Look to spend close to 4k to 5k US for moving and electrical install.
Physical Dimensions (LxWxH) 10' 7" x 8' 8" x 5'6" (3230 x 2635 x 1665 mm) including footstep & operation stand

You'll want to allow enough room for feeding, and possibly using an envelope feeder on the feed end as well as a conveyor on the delivery.

Also in considering were you will locate the press. Ideally you need to maintain a controlled temperature of around 70-75 F.

2ampress said:

Look to spend close to 4k to 5k US for moving and electrical install.
Physical Dimensions (LxWxH) 10' 7" x 8' 8" x 5'6" (3230 x 2635 x 1665 mm) including footstep & operation stand

You'll want to allow enough room for feeding, and possibly using an envelope feeder on the feed end as well as a conveyor on the delivery.

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Do you need a special attachment to run envelopes on this machine?

No, they will run and feed envelopes fine, but if you plan on doing any larger quantities over 2500, it gets to be a pain to continually start and stop the press to load them each time. On average, you will only be able to load between 250 and 750 envelopes per lift, due to the flaps causing them to lean in the feeder.
And of course you'll need to switch blankets between envelopes and flat work, due to the envelopes crushing them. I have been able to use the same envelope blanket for every size I have ran so far. Sometimes an area of print hits over a crushed portion of the blanket, I will either use some blanket swell product or rotate the blanket 180 degrees.

Just a quick question for 2ampress. Which direction do you run your #10 envelopes? We have tried it a couple of times and had nothing but problems. We are running a QMDI Plus.

Di Nut said:

Just a quick question for 2ampress. Which direction do you run your #10 envelopes? We have tried it a couple of times and had nothing but problems. We are running a QMDI Plus.

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I have only run them portrait, short edge first on the QMDI+. Turn off special functions 18 & 19. One of the biggest issues I ran into is the pile wanted to continue to rise when it was already high enough. To make it work, I used rubber bands and a paper clip in which I attached the paper-clip to the unit 1 roller drip pan and attached rubber bands to it and down to the pickup bar. This causes the bar to not extend all the way downward, which tricks the press into thinking the pile is high enough not to advance it upward. You will want to try a few different tensions on the rubber bands to see what amount of tension works best.
If the envelopes are not laying in the feeder very level, that can cause you problems as well. You may need to use wedge blocks at the non-flap side to even out the pile. Sometimes it feeds best when you turn off all of the blow air on the feeder, while other times it helps to just use the front blowers to help separate the envelopes. I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Tracy

One thing that is very important when running envelopes on a QMDI is to make sure you get all the dropped ones out from under the press before you start imaging. If there are any under the press, when the machine starts to rotate backwards to load the new plates it can pick up an envelope and cause a very costly jam when the envelope and grippers slam into the lower guide plate in the feeder.

As for press footprint size on a QMDI Classic and Plus we typically allowed for 4 feet all the way around the press which would mean you needed a 16' x 16' area. For the QMDI Pro 16' x 18' as this machine is 2' longer due to the feeder. You can get away with 2' on either side of the machine of clearance but it does not give you enough room to service the cooling unit if you ever have to pull it out from under the catwalk.

scotj said:

i'm thinking about getting a di press, but we *might* be moving in the next 2-3 months; and i'm curious as to a. How difficult it is to move the machine and what it might cost?

Also - what is the actual foot print of the machine, and how much room around it would you say you need?

Thanks in advance!

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www.qmdipress.com........

Anthony at QMDI press is a great contact for info on this press. He installed ours and did a great job. Worth the call.

Di Nut said:

Anthony at QMDI press is a great contact for info on this press. He installed ours and did a great job. Worth the call.

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Thanks....I apreciate that