Potential Cheap tunnel oven for mugs

[pisquee]

Not mine, just spotted on Ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266339242450 ... 0667.m2042

£300 buy it now - would need to ask seller what temp it goes up to, and how slow the pass through/dwell time is, and maybe take a mug to test with before buying

[pw66]

Temperature will usually go up to well over 400c, to cure plastisol screen inks at 170c. Belt speed can be as slow as you need it to be, and anything up to about 6m per minute.
More importantly check the height of the elements above the belt - it is designed for t-shirt printing so will be low. The elements will be mounted in the top so even with air circulation the top of the mug will get very hot if there isn't enough clearance.

Nice and cheap if you can make it work for you.

[Paul]

I wonder if that would be good to cure DTG inks...?

[socialgiraffe]

I wonder if that would be good to cure DTG inks...?

It would be better for curing garments or transfers than mugs. WHen I had a decent tunnel the biggest problem was temperature consistency. FOr mugs it has to be a consistent temperature so for tunnels you really need to modify them quite a bit. Not saying it wouldn't work but quite a bit of faff.

However transfers and DTG garments this would be perfect as the temp is a lot more forgiving

[pw66]

I wonder if that would be good to cure DTG inks...?

A lot of the big print to order firms use them for doing just that. (You would need one with air circulation due to the high water content of dtg prints).
They can also be used for curring the ink powder on dtf transfers. If using a roll printer you have to cut the transfers anyway so no real hardship to cut them first, unless you are doing a serious amount of metres at a time.
That particular dryer is only 45cm wide so no good for 60cm film and also a pain for t-shirts in generel. Most of the Panther dryers have a 70cm wide belt so more use.

I already have a tunnel for screen printing, but when I finally take the dtf plunge I will use it to save on space and expense.