There is a little story behind the iDek heat press. First
of all its Made in USA which is great. Secondly
we started to carry them only after seeing them at several
clients who nothing but outstanding praise and positive things
to say. Thirdly it meets our specific criteria when selling
equipment to the end user.
Performance, Value, Function, Reliability
and the fact that its the best looking heat press on
the market in the world today didnt hurt either! The
iDek is all those things wrapped into one!
Until now, traditional clam shell and swing away heat presses
have dominated the marketplace, but the iDek patented side
to side modular design changes all that. With every clamshell
and swing away press you waste 50% of your time waiting for
the press to activate the item you are pressing. With this
system you are always removing and reloading while one side
is pressing. This means that even though this $2495 press
is more expensive than most, it is 100% more time effective.
What savvy business owners understand thats others dont
is that their time and their employees time has value and that time
is exactly like a hotel room or a restaurant table, once you miss
filling the spot that night you will never be able to recoup it,
its lost forever.
With small businesses especially where the owner is the operator,
salesman, artist etc, its even more critical because you are
doing so many things at once and never have enough time to get them
all done. Even if you only save 10 minutes a day it adds up to a
great savings over the lifetime of the press and actually pays for
itself!
Having personally visited more than 2,500 embroidery and screen
printing businesses since 1999 I cant tell you how many fail
to recognize that lost time. In an industry with super tiny profit
margins sometimes its even more important. Bottom line is
OPERATING costs are the single biggest factor in your operation.
If you are paying someone $12 per hour and only getting $6/hr of
efficiency then a $300 used press on eBay is more expensive than
your iDek, period, forget about the fact that the heat recovery
is not there when you need to guarantee that your transfers are
properly activated so that they last. The worst thing in the world
is selling your product and it fails or performs poorly after the
first wash! Loosing just one customer costs you more than the price
difference of a good heat press!
Some simple advantages:
Landscape/Portrait Orientation
Over/Under Loading Technique
Why would I want to turn the upper and lower deks from portrait
to landscape?
Simple, adult shirts are wider and fit a landscape format better,
youth shirt are slimmer and fit a portrait dek shape better.
The cantilevered pedestal enables you to under/over load like a
screen-printers technique to further streamline the process.
Here you can adjust your machine to accommodate the job. For example
when pressing a smaller logo, setup in the portrait mode so that
you can do two or three up at the same time! Now with the iDek press
that slides flawlessly left to right and back you are able to output
up to 5 times more per pressing minute than any other press on the
market! The alternative is to by 6 $300 eBay heat presses and have
three or four people run them to keep up with one iDek! This is
what we call the iDek Press Faster philosophy.
Manual & Pre-set Programs with Audible Alarm
Digital control with perfect heat recovery for large production
jobs. NO HEAT PRESS UNDER the $1000-$1200 range can offer the
heat recovery you need for serious production! Its just not
possible to build a solid performance machine for that money
and market it. Just remember that a press under that amount
needs to pay for marketing, sales people and website which costs
the same if you have a $300 retail press or a $10,000 heat press,
so in effect you are buying something that may have cost $80
to make and the rest goes to marketing and selling costs! Can
you afford to put your future independence , reputation and
profit on the line for $80?
If you want a toy this is not the machine for you quite frankly.
If I had a nickel for every person that told me they will buy
a bigger machine when they need it I would be rich as the saying
goes.
After all these years those are the businesses that mostly DONT
succeed because quite frankly they dont think big and can
never properly handle any big order that does come their way! They
always miss the boat. With the iDek that wont happen. By investing
in the right equipment the very first time you will NEVER have a
regret!
Does this press require a special power supply?
No. The beauty of the s1 Professional or d2 Commercial
is that they both utilize the same amount of energy. Either uses
a 15 amp household circuit breaker because there is only one heat
platen. The lateral movement of the upper heat iDek does the
work of two, minimizing power usage and manpower.
Options and Features:
While I am not a big believer in one machine that does everything
I do believe that a Multi-Function is an asset. If you want to hear
it from the horses mouth our clients love the additional features
with the one exception of the cap jig. For those who really get
into caps a dedicated cap press is a better alternative to have
and then you also dont tie up any production on your flat
or tubular goods. Sometimes you never hear about a weakness but
again we only carry equipment that is proven to perform and if you
know up front that I would prefer you have separate hat press then
at least when we run into each other at a show I can look you straight
in the eye and be comfortable in my skin because I said it like
it is from the get go!
Pocket / Universal Dek
Cap / Universal Dek
Long Sleeve / Pant Dek
Does this press require a special power supply?
No. The beauty of the s1 Professional or d2 Commercial
is that they both utilize the same amount of energy. Either uses
a 15 amp household circuit breaker because there is only one heat
platen. The lateral movement of the upper heat iDek does the
work of two, minimizing power usage and manpower.
Why would I want to turn the upper and lower deks from
portrait to landscape?
Simple, adult shirts are wider and fit a landscape format better,
youth shirt are slimmer and fit a portrait dek shape better.
The cantilevered pedestal enables you to under/over load like a
screen-printers technique to further streamline the process.
d2 Commercial
The d2 Commercial heat press is the ultimate pressing
machine. This model is designed for volume and efficiency.
It comes equipped with dual pedestals and your choice of two
14 x 17 Deks, or two pocket/universal Deks
or one of each. The shirt Dek can instantly be configured
from Portrait to Landscape using the Quickclick placement
lock. Vertical format is ideal for imprinting on youth size
shirts. The broad Horizontal format is perfect for adult size
shirts. Efficiency is maximized by our digital control console
with pre-set press programs for vinyls, transfers or sublimation
and a manual mode.
Maximize production with a d2 Commercial with choice
of two deks for $2495.00! (MSRP)
d2 340 Wide Format
The d2 340 Wide Format heat press continues to expand
on the capabilities of your production setup. Increased Dek
size allows for larger surface area of pressing. Coupled with
the iDekusa Dekinterchangeable capability, there
is almost no size or type of job that cannot be completed
in both low and high production runs.
Maximize the production with a d2 340 Wide Format
for $2995.00! (MSRP)
s1 Professional
The s1 Professional heat press is the foundation of
the entire iDek product line. It comes equipped with
one pedestal and a 14 x 17 image Dek or
pocket/universal Dek. The nice thing about the s1
is the ability to upgrade at any point in the development
of your business. You can add a second workstation, simply
by purchasing an additional pedestal and image dek.
The benefit is total production capabilities. All of our specialty
Deks are compatible additions to both the s1 Professional
and the d2 Commercial heat presses.
Join the digital industry with a s1 Professional with
choice of one dek for $1995.00! (MSRP)
Design
The Industry
Whats 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 arms 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.
Service and Warranty
MODULAR component exchange program:
iDek MODULAR format offers QUIK exchange of iDek components and
eliminates costly whole unit warranty shipping charges. Availability
of optional over night shipping services coupled with our TECH support
assistance for infield service offers efficient fast repairs and
replacement. Three MODULAR components, Pedestal, Heater and Console
assemblies are easily exchanged requiring one tool.
MODULAR assemblies:
Pedestal Module: QUIK CLIK inter lock / Height adj. mech.
QUIK CLIK Deks: Garment Deks / Specialty format
Deks
Our Warranty:
Before leaving our production facility, our iDekusa Heat Presses
and Modular component assemblies are inspected to insure against
material and workmanship defects. Included with each s-1 Professional
or d2 Commercial (MODELS 238 / 340) press package is a detailed
warranty to be completed and returned at the time of receipt. iDekusa
products will be repaired or replaced as long as it remains the
property of the original purchaser and complies with the policies
as outlined in the detailed warranty.
Our Heaters have a LIFE TIME WARRANTY, the Electronics
have a THREE YEAR WARRANTY and the Press has a ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
Return & Refund Policy:
Returns and refunds will be accepted only with prior approval of
such return or refund by iDekusa.
All returned goods must be accompanied by a return authorization
number which can be obtained by a customer service representative
at our toll free number 877.579.9884. Returned goods must be packed
and shipped in the original carton to the Service Center in Lynnwood,
Washington. Shipping charges are the responsibility of the purchaser
and collect shipments will not be accepted. iDekusa imposes
a 25% restocking charge on all merchandise returned with out consent.
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Industrial Parkway S. Unit 15, Aurora ON L4G 3V6 Canada, Tel: 905-713-6514
Fax: 905-713-6506.