A Quick Pictorial Tour of The Record Technology Pressing Plant.
Before we use printed labels on the press the ink
must be completely dry. This is our custom dryer.
A close up view of stampers secured in the dies of
one of our SMT presses. The "A" stamper is generally
the one on top.
The stampers must be very carefully setup to get
the best possible records.
Before starting the press, stampers are very
meticulously cleaned to avoid fingerprints, etc.
The process begins as labels are taken to the
extruder to form a biscuit.
Below you can see the biscuit with labels on the
"compression pin", but before being given the
initial squeeze.
If you look carefully you can see the "biscuit" has
already been dropped onto the press center pin.
The Biscuit in the initial squeeze "preform" phase.
In this picture you can see the biscuit having been
dropped onto the center pin in the press. In the
foreground, notice the record being shuttled out
of the press onto the trimmer.
Here, the trimmer plate is moving upward to secure the already pressed record for trimming to remove the excess flash.
The excess flash will be collected in a barrel for
recycling.
Records are stacked and samples are inspected
at this point. Note the static elimination bar and
blower on the right side of this picture.
QC is one of the busiest places in the entire plant.
Spindles are cooled overnight before sleeving.
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