MANUAL - MZX™ ULTRA-LIGHT TEXTILE FRAMES - STANDARD SIZES
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| MZX-UL™ | 18" x 20" ID (45.72 x 50.80cm) | 3 rollers with 18" square bar |
| MZX-UL™ | 23" x 26" OD (58.42 x 66.04cm) | 3 rollers with 23" square bar |
| MZX-UL™ | 23" x 28" OD (58.42 x 71.12cm) | 3 rollers with 23" square bar |
| MZX-UL™ | 23" x 31" OD (58.42 x 78.74cm) | 4 rollers (no square bar) |
Frame Packages Available.
Custom Frame Sizes Available.
Roller Diameter: 1 7/16”; Minimum Roller Size: 12” (302mm); Maximum Roller Size: 31” (787mm)
AUTOMATIC - M3™ ULTRA-LIGHT TEXTILE FRAMES - STANDARD SIZES
CATEGORY-1
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| M3-UL™ | 23" x 31" OD (58.42 x 78.74cm) | All Rollers |
CATEGORY-2
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| M3-UL™ | 23" x 33" OD (58.42 x 83.82cm) | All Rollers |
CATEGORY-3
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| M3-UL™ | 25" x 33" OD (63.50 x 83.82cm) | All Rollers |
| M3-UL™ | 25" x 36" OD (63.50 x 91.44cm) | All Rollers |
| M3-UL™ | 26" x 36" OD (66.04 x 91.44cm) | All Rollers |
Frame Packages Available.
Custom Frame Sizes Available.
Roller Diameter: 1 5/8”; Minimum Roller Size: 16” (406.5mm); Maximum Roller Size: 43” (1092mm)
CATEGORY-4
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| M3-UL™ | 31" x 42" OD (78.74 x 106.68cm) | All Rollers |
| M3-UL™ | 33" x 42" OD (83.82 x 106.68cm) | All Rollers |
| M3-UL™ | 33" x 43" OD (83.82 x 109.22cm) | All Rollers |
Frame Packages Available.
Custom Frame Sizes Available.
Roller Diameter: 1 5/8”; Minimum Roller Size: 16” (406.5mm); Maximum Roller Size: 43” (1092mm)
AUTOMATIC - M6™ ULTRA-LIGHT TEXTILE FRAMES - STANDARD SIZES
CATEGORY-5
| MODEL | SIZE | DESCRIPTION |
| M6-UL™ | 47" x 51" OD (119.4 x 129.5cm) | All Rollers |
| M6-UL™ | 47" x 52" OD (119.4 x 132.1cm) | All Rollers |
Frame Packages Available.
Custom Frame Sizes Available.
Roller Diameter: 2 inches; Minimum Roller Size: 15” (381mm); Maximum Roller Size: 62” (1575mm)
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS - NEWMAN ROLLER FRAMES - TEXTILE
We are using Newman Roller Frames and the Newman Roller Master table. We start with these products. It was a choice as a new printer to have the best at the beginning of our activity in order to achieve quickly high quality, and homogeinty.
For me, it is just the perfect products for the printer who wants to perfectly control all the print factors. What we like about the Newman Roller Frame and the Newman Roller Master is the easy way to use it and the efficiency you quickly have on the final result.
As a French printer, we are happy with the quality service of Don Newman and his team. Even if we are based in France, they always answer as soon as they can at our questions by email with pertinent answers.
Don and your team, if you are coming in France for an exhibition, do not hesitate to contact us, we will show you Paris!!!!
Arnaud Theulet-Luzié
Co-Director
AC NEGO / Pantin-France
I finally experimented with the custom Automated Newman Roller Master Machine you sold to Longwood University and LOVED it! If you recall, I was trained in the indirect screen printing (Ulano films) with NazDar inks. I also previously either purchased pre-stretched wooden and then pre-stretched aluminum frames of Medium and Large sizes. (That was awful!)
I am teaching screen printing next semester and am so excited. Thank you for working with me and helping me purchase the correct equipment for our various different types of printing applications!
Kelly Nelson
Professor of Printing
Longwood University
Farmville, VA
I wanted to drop a short line about our use of the Newman Roller frames in our production facility here in Kansas City. Eagle Products has been in business since the early 70’s as a screen printer of resort wear along with our own line of pre-prints. We have multiple automatics and short run manual presses. We where looking for a way to both increase production and take our quality of printing to the next level. At that time we were 100% glued-frames and had an inventory of over 10,000 low-tension frames. We attended a Stretch devices seminar in St. Louis that year and our eyes were opened to the advantages of using retenstionable frames along with pin registration. It was shortly there after that we placed our first order for Newman Roller Frames along with the Newman Pin registration System for our production plant.
What a dramatic change! The first thing we noticed was the Newman Roller frames allowed us to gain more control of the frame to pallet relationship (palletization) for controlling off-contact, levelness, ink deposit and press speed. Between the Frames and the pin system we gained in press speed while decreasing press set-up times so we could start fazing out our old multiprinters without impacting our production numbers. We also found out that the low-tension screens were requiring far too great of off- contact which needed greater squeegee and flood bar pressure which of course added significantly to the stress of the mesh and its failure. We where dramatically able to decrease mesh cost using the Newman Roller Frames.
The greatest impact that we saw was when we took delivery of our new M&R press. Suddenly the entire system package came together. High tension, stabilized mesh, and pin registration. The speed production system was in place! Better resolution, brighter ink colors less pre-press downtime, faster set-ups, and for us the ease of repeatability. One more quick note: adding the Newman Roller Master to our production loop allowed us to cut overhead and cost by decreasing our screen stretching and maintenance department from 3 employees to 1 while increasing the ability to have and maintain constant reliable screen tension for every job we print. I’m only sorry that we did not take pictures of the of the glued-screens (10,000) that where replaced by the 600 Newman Roller Frames.
Wes Robinson
Operations Manager
Eagle Products, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
Thank you very much for your help in switching us over to the Newman Roller Frame. It has been a positive experience to say the least. We’ve been using your product for almost a year and I cannot believe how nice they are in comparison to our old frames.
Since switching over to Newman Roller Frames, both students and staff immediately noticed an increase in the quality of work coming from our shop. In addition to the quality of work, the roller frames are so easy to use for all of our students. Their work is not only better, but on time without the struggles of dealing with traditional wooden frames. Over 230 students have worked with the frames and we haven’t had a single problem. They are very durable.
The only regret I have is that we waited too long to make the switch. With your expertise in this field and fantastic prices, I look forward to working with you in the future. Thanks again, to you and Stretch Devices, Inc.
Greg Miller
Graphic Arts Instructor
John Hersey High School
Arlington Heights, IL
Images on metal, Inc was introduced and began using Newman Roller Frames in the late 1980’s. At that time, we purchased frames for both our textile and flat stock printing facilities. As we learned, control of screen tension is crucial to quality printing. By implementing Newman frames and Newman’s Pin Lock system for our textile presses, our printing went to a new level of quality and control.
Our most recent implementations have been the installation of your pin lock system on our M&R Insignia, M&R Saturns and our M&R Eclipse. We also purchased your Rollermaster Screen Stretchers for both our flat stock and textile shops. These upgrades have given us a 60% increase in production and a virtual elimination of rejects.
The technology advances, industry knowledge, and quality equipment of Stretch Devices, along with the exceptional hands on customer service, has been invaluable to the success of our company. Thank you for all your help over the past 15+ years.
Harlan Jacobson
Owner/President
Images on Metal, Inc.
Kasson, MN
Since my arrival at Jones and Mitchell Sportswear in December of 1996, we have incorporated several of Stretch Devices products into our operation. We have also refined our application of those products that were already in use. The following is a brief list of these products:
Newman Roller Master
M3-23x31 and MZX- 18x20 Roller Frames, we use 100% Newman Roller Frames
Newman's Pin Registration on all automatic presses
Stretch Device's Purple Screen Tape
Newman's Mesh Locking Strips
Newman's Hydra, Vector, and Vector R, Flood-bars
Newman's Squeeges for the M&R Gauntlet
The introduction of the above mentioned products and the application there of, has been nurtured by Stretch Devices and it's knowledgeable representatives. I can't say enough positive things about Stretch Devices, and the technical support that I have received from your company.
Our relationship with Stretch Devices has been a major financial investment, but the return on the investment has been substantial. On an average four-color job, scheduled to an automatic press; our setup times have been reduced by approximately 65%. The quality and service that we have received from Stretch Devices has been impeccable, thanks.
Shawn W. Dial
Director of Operations
Jones & Mitchell
Olathe, KS
We started to convert our shop over from stretch and glue screens to the Newman Roller Frame system. In addition to using the frames, we also employed the pin registration option and have been talking advantage of all of the benefits ever since.
As you know we print exclusively for No Fear Inc. and their production demands push us to the limit and hold us there. We need to maximize every available production minute and this system has helped us to do that.
By having all of our current designs filed on the carrier sheets we can set up, expose and process the screens for an average 6 color design in under 30 minutes with a two person crew. These screens can then be taken to any of our M&R machines loaded in, and registered in 10 minutes. Once squeegees, floodbars and inks are in, a test print will tell us if there are any adjustments to be made and we are ready to print. This system will beat the fastest manual set up person anytime.
The Newman Roller Mesh is a big time saver as well. Our screens average 55 to 60 newtons on each of the 5 mesh counts we use and once they reach this point they are stable. We can cycle them through thousands of impressions and multiple reclaiming with just a few newtons being lost, this translates into less labor costs due to less retensioning.
We are committed to the Newman products because Newman is committed to making screen printing easier and more profitable.
Dan Goldberg
General Manager
La Costa Silkscreen, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA
I run a one man manual textile shop. I both print artwork my customers provide as well as create artwork for the needs of my customers.
Some time ago I switched over to Newman Roller Frames. Coming from wood frames that seemed to work well for my needs, I researched the competition and found yours to be the superior brand on the market.
Part of my research included reading several articles directing folks who wanted to print process and simulated process to use a retensionable frame. Something I didn't comprehend at the time though was how it was going to affect the outcome of my spot color work. Sure I realized that glued frames would lose tension, but I worked around that by flash curing most of my work to keep the edges from smearing. To my amazement this process was almost completely eliminated when I started using your roller frames for traditional line art, four color process with or without solid or process additional spot colors. I now save money on my power bills and can produce BETTER LOOKING and FEELING shirts as well as save a lot of time when it comes to printing the job as well. Previously with low tension glued frames, an eight color job could take me approximately three minutes to print when having to flash cure often. Now I print the same eight color job in less then one minute. It is a rare occasion that I have to flash cure anything anymore. Funny thing is, these weren't even benefits that I was aware of at the time of my purchase.
Using your frames has heightened my abilities in the aforementioned ways as well as printing on darks. Discovering I need only to print with one stroke on one color jobs and only needing to flash the underbase and highlights on all others.
Glued frames will lose tension quickly, needing replacement often. A factor I had never really considered. I just figured that was part of the game. I've never had to replace one of your frames. Why would I? What's to go wrong? Any loss of tension can be adjusted with a quick turn of a wrench. Thanks for crafting such a consistently fine product and putting me on the path to being as good and as fast a printer as anybody out there.
Rael Razor
Owner
Rael T's
San Francisco, CA
Rama World has been using Newman Roller Frames since the early 1980's. We switched from stretch and glue when we bought a one-arm squeegee and started doing multi-color dye sublimation. A few years later we converted to a 38” x 50” 3/4 automatic clam shell and again bought roller frames. When printing with a consistent 18 to 20 Newton's our press/screen registration worries are a thing of the past. We deal only with the stability of the paper and human error, both of which are manageable.
1 – 38” x 50” 3/4 automatic clam shell press
16 - Newman Roller Frames 67” x 55” O.D.
Jed Dudek
President
Rama World, Inc.
Riverside, CA
For many years Smoothreads, Inc. has been using your Newman Roller Frames but only within the last couple of years, have we converted over from stretch and glue aluminum frames to 100% Newman Roller Frames.
It was a necessary part of our continued efforts to improve in all aspects of our production towards high quality and efficient printing. In addition to the frames, we have also added your Newman Roller Master and Newman PinLock Registration System. The implementation of these upgrades has given us an increase of a minimum of 50% in production and a greater level of control and quality. In hindsight, we should have made the conversion sooner.
Your products have allowed us to continue our growth to the next level. Simply adding new automatic machines and film processors were only part of the solution.
On a personal note your support has been unbelievable. Whenever we have had questions you have promptly replied and most of the times have come out to the shop to be hands on.
Lance Beesley
President
Smoothreads, Inc.
Poway, CA
Mind's Eye Graphics, Inc. is a textile screenprinter which was established in 1984. I personally have watched & participated in the maturation of the screenprinting process from the late 1970's. We purchased our first M-1 roller frame in 1986, that's right just 1. Today our inventory numbers close to 500 in assorted sizes and applications.
In addition to our inventory of roller frames we purchased one of your first manual pin registration systems at the SPAI show in 1994. The impact of the pin registration system on our production was dramatic to say the least.
After a short learning curve the system started to make it's presence known throughout the shop. As every printer since the beginning of time our shop had come to rely on certain so called shortcuts and bad habits to correct problems as they would occur in the sceenmaking & printing process.
However, if you use a shortcut once to correct a problem you have saved time, if it becomes part of daily operations you are compromising efficiency. Stretch Devices' pin registration system has prevented us from accepting compromise as we have integrated your products into our production process.
To best describe the impact of your products on our operation I must use the word Professionalism. By this, I mean that using a pin registration system things are done right the first time almost every time. From art creation, initial registration, imaging, and setting up the press problems are reduced or eliminated by the system. When problems do occur the troubleshooting time is greatly reduced because of the predictability of the registration process.
Additionally, screen room staff training is much quicker as the science of screen printing is further defined by products such as yours.
Stretch Devices has played an important part in the current success that our industry in general and Mind's Eye in particular is experiencing. As a user of your products in our manual operation since the very beginning, when it came time to enter into the arena of automatic production your roller frames were the only option for Mind's Eye. A 10/c 12 station press was our choice and the first item-on my list of options/requirements was compatibility with our proven Stretch Device's technology
A mandatory part of our upgrade was 100 Newman frames factory-stretched with Newman Roller Mesh as part of the initial production line package. This decision was based on minimizing the learning curve as we converted from manual to automatic printing. By using high tension minimum off contact printing I knew I could rely on consistent results as we offered this new service to our clients.
Gregory F. Kitson
President
Mind's Eye Graphics, Inc.
Decatur, IN
I wanted to drop a short line about our use of the Newman Roller frames in our production facility here in Kansas City. Eagle Products has been in business since the early 70’s as a screen printer of resort wear along with our own line of pre-prints. We have multiple automatics and short run manual presses. We where looking for a way to both increase production and take our quality of printing to the next level. At that time we were 100% glued-frames and had an inventory of over 10,000 low-tension frames. We attended a Stretch devices seminar in St. Louis that year and our eyes were opened to the advantages of using retenstionable frames along with pin registration. It was shortly there after that we placed our first order for Newman Roller Frames along with the Newman Pin registration System for our production plant.
What a dramatic change! The first thing we noticed was the Newman Roller frames allowed us to gain more control of the frame to pallet relationship (palletization) for controlling off-contact, levelness, ink deposit and press speed. Between the Frames and the pin system we gained in press speed while decreasing press set-up times so we could start fazing out our old multiprinters without impacting our production numbers. We also found out that the low-tension screens were requiring far too great of off- contact which needed greater squeegee and flood bar pressure which of course added significantly to the stress of the mesh and its failure. We where dramatically able to decrease mesh cost using the Newman Roller Frames.
The greatest impact that we saw was when we took delivery of our new M&R press. Suddenly the entire system package came together. High tension, stabilized mesh, and pin registration. The speed production system was in place! Better resolution, brighter ink colors less pre-press downtime, faster set-ups, and for us the ease of repeatability. One more quick note: adding the Newman Roller Master to our production loop allowed us to cut overhead and cost by decreasing our screen stretching and maintenance department from 3 employees to 1 while increasing the ability to have and maintain constant reliable screen tension for every job we print. I’m only sorry that we did not take pictures of the of the glued-screens (10,000) that where replaced by the 600 Newman Roller Frames.
Wes Robinson
Operations Manager
Eagle Products, Inc.
Kansas City, MO