How do you transport plates to the pressroom?

prepressdork

Well-known member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #1

Hi everyone,

I am looking for simple ideas on how to deliver plates to the pressroom other than carrying them by hand. By simple I mean, maybe a cart of some kind? NOT looking for any kind of automation.

Thank you,
pd

 

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DJenkins

Member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #2

We had a metal cart made that the 40 inch plates just hang in vertically by the punches. Prepress just fills up the plates and press operator usually comes grab the whole cart when needed.

 

prepressdork

Well-known member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #3

Hi @DJenkins ,

Any chance you could post a photo of said cart?

Best regards
pd

 

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DJenkins

Member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #4

Sure
Its pretty easy to have custom made to your exact size and needs just simple metal fab.

 

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TJPrinter

Well-known member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #5

You can put just about anything together with 80/20 T-Slot. I've used it for several different projects around the shop.

 

prepressdork

Well-known member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #6

Thank you for sharing. I love this idea! Unfortunately, in looking at our plates, the punches in our platesetter do not include any actual holes

pd

 

Shawn007bis

New member

• Aug 9, 2024

• #7

May not be the most genius idea, but I save the boxes that the plates come in. Put each job in one of those and bring them out. We use DOP (Develop on Press) plates, so the boxes help with keeping them out of the light until the press is ready for them.

 

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Magnus59

Well-known member

• Aug 12, 2024

• #8

prepressdork said:

Hi everyone,

I am looking for simple ideas on how to deliver plates to the pressroom other than carrying them by hand. By simple I mean, maybe a cart of some kind? NOT looking for any kind of automation.

Thank you,
pd

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We use the trolley from an old stacker and a couple of benches on wheels with the plates flat in the original boxes

 

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johnny_jay

Guest

• Aug 12, 2024

• #9

Do you have any bends? If so bent in press room or prepress? our plates are bent in prepress.

 

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eoguin715

New member

• Aug 29, 2024

• #10

prepressdork said:

Hi everyone,

I am looking for simple ideas on how to deliver plates to the pressroom other than carrying them by hand. By simple I mean, maybe a cart of some kind? NOT looking for any kind of automation.

Thank you,
pd

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We place all plates on a Shelf Truck that can be rolled into the print room to be punched and bent.

 

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jdodoubleg

Well-known member

• Sep 20, 2024

• #11

Grub hub or Instacart?

 

prepressdork

Well-known member

• Sep 23, 2024

• #12

I realize now that my subject line word choice could have been better. So, I changed "deliver" to "transport" which better describes what I am asking.

pd