Design

The Industry
What’s in a design?  Everything!  Before creating our design, we took a good long look at the industry.  We saw a lot of “me too” products.  There were several new heat presses being launched into the imprinting arena, but they all followed the same traditional style in features and functions that have seen little change over the years.  The choice was clam shell or swing away.  In studying the clam shell we found that the user was subjected to regular blasts of heat in the face at the end of each press cycle.  The swing away required an arm’s length stretch with each press cycle and more space for the rotation of the upper platen.    

The Marketplace
We then took into consideration our buyer, and the demographics of their customer base.   We realized that in this line of business it is necessary to accommodate a wide range of needs.  You may be asked to produce one shirt with a custom graphic for one person and at the same time get a job for an entire baseball team.  Everyone has come to expect instant service regardless of the task.

Related Support Materials
Technological advancements have emerged in many areas of the heat transfer business with the exception of the heat press itself.  Refined sublimation and inkjet inks have remarkable color retension and capacity choices with cartridge or bulk fed systems.  New graphics software allows you to do things you never thought possible.  More and more performance textiles are being offered by major manufacturers that not only have evaporative cooling qualities, but are 100% Polyester Microfiber which is the ideal material for the sublimation process.  Specialty materials are easily weeded and produce a soft hand comparable to a good screen print.

The Conception of iDek
The industry, the marketplace and related support materials were all important factors in the development of iDek.  We utilized the latest methods in product development with human ingenuity and the use of the interactive Solidworks software program.  This cad system allowed us to manipulate to perfection, every minute aspect of the design from start to finish.  The three fundamental ideas we took into consideration were:

1. Provide a new option in the way heat presses look and feel. 
2. Be versatile enough to facilitate one up, or production jobs. 
3. Utilize technological advancements to keep current with manufactured goods that compliment our product. 

The iDek inline modular press was built with a vision of what had been researched and a desire for the absolute best in performance. 

The iDek Design
The lateral one-piece chassis extrusion is the sturdy body of support that houses the stainless steel glide rails.  The slide arm is captivated by the glide rails and moves freely from end to end.  Every modular component is an exclusive custom casting of iDek.  You can see this precision process of how our parts are made by going to the factory link below.  The pedestals nest to the chassis.  You have the option of one or two.  Their unique suspension structure allows for over under loading of garments.   A one of a kind pod is located within the pedestal to provide for self-tensioning pressure.  Micro adjustment is also an option for various garment thickness’.  Our Quikclik™ plate located on the strut of the pedestal is the receptacle for the immediate exchange of any of our specialty Deks™.  The control console is centrally located for convenience of use.  Program changes are a simple soft touch.  In the back of the console is a 110Volt auxiliary outlet.   We feel it is essential to furnish portrait and landscape Dek™ (platen) orientations to facilitate youth and adult sizes. Both the upper and lower Deks™ quickly convert from vertical to horizontal.