Description

Learn how to use the ROQ Press to its full capability to increase your output and lower the overhead in your shop.

In this workshop, we’ll help you dial in your future roadmap for automation and take the fullest advantage of the equipment you currently utilize. From screen making to press setup, printing efficiency, special effects, curing, maintenance and garment finishing, MADE 2 ROQ will prepare you for the next mountain to climb in your shop.

Who’s MADE to ROQ for?

• The business owner growing an automated shop wanting to optimize production and prioritize overhead investments.
• The small auto or manual printer out producing capacity needing to automate areas of production.
• The production manager looking into efficiency gains in processes and equipment for the future.

Thursday – MADE to ROQ Day 1

Morning – Setting up for success.

Walk Through

• Workflow and Shop Layout
• Staging Garments and Supplies
• Screen Optimization
  • Artwork Layout
  • Screen Timing
  • Job Carts
  • Ink Prep
  • Pre-Inking
• On Press Registration Optimization
  • ROQ Reg PRU or CTS Workflow
  • ROQ Reg Pallet Workflow
  • System Calibration
  • Troubleshooting Variances

Hands On

• Setting up competition. Who’s the fastest in job setup, strike off and tear down. MADE Lab and ROQ US staff will be available to assist with questions or issues during the exercise.
• How it Works.
  • Game planning. The class will split into teams each with a leader. Teams will have 15 minutes to outline their roles and process. There will be a leader of each group which will help the group define and write out the process A-Z of what happens during setup, strike off and take down, each person takes a roll or rolls in the process.
  • Timed production. Each team will be timed on setup and completion, the team who completes the competition first gets bragging rights and first dibs and lunch and happy hour.
  • After production review. Each team will review performance and take notes as to how they will improve during the next attempt.
  • Troubleshooting Variances

Lunch (winning team goes first!)

Afternoon – Tour and Workflow of a Printshop.

• Settings of the ROQ machines
  • Pressures, Angles, Speeds
  • Proper Squeegees

Settings Pertaining to Ink / Systems

• Flash Settings
  • Iron / Speed
  • Stampinator / Pressure and Programming YOU vs. NEXT Eco/Oval
• Print Orders
  • Strategy Adjusting Print Order
  • When to Multi Print and How To Optimize when you do.
  • Saving A Job
• Pallets
• Pallet Change outs, pallet carts and racks.
• Different types of sleeve pallets
• Neck tag pallets
• Dryer
• Probing
• Setting Recipes

Hands On Operation

Printing – Get on press and print a job on RQO YOU and ROQ Oval Pro.

• Load and Unloader vs. 1 Loader
• Job and Ink Maintenance
• QC Process On press and After Dryer

Friday – MADE to ROQ Day 2

Morning – Running the Marathon

Maintenance ROQ Solid Performance “On Press”

Spend time with Sr. ROQ technicians covering maintenance questions and tips before and after the ROQ Solid warranty.

• Scheduled Maintenance
• Preventative Maintenance
• Maintenance Calendar
• Parts List and After Warranty Parts List
• Cleaning
• Shop Moves

Morning Break

The Business Side of Automation – In Classroom

If you step back from production and the craft of screen printing you start to see the entire business side of your operation. From when and where to invest, to calculating your costs through KPI and DPI measurement, we will dive into how to look at your business through a new lense.

• Automation ROI
• KPI’s / DPI’s
• Bench Marketing
• Planning

Lunch

Afternoon – Advanced Printing on Press & Finishing

Take a special effects project from start to finish including special effects designing and separation, sales strategy and pricing, and on press printing and operation.

• Artwork Optimization and Separations
• Selling Special Effects
• Special Effects Prints Modes On Press
• Printing Hands On

Finishing To Win

Nothing happens until the shirt ships and the more shirts you print the hard that becomes. We’ll dial in steps from manual workflow to basic and advanced automation in order to lay out your post press and fulfillment to ROQ.

• Folding
• Tagging
• Bagging

Final Q&A