Jesse J Heap & Son now carries the AIT Rev 2 Heat press – a totally electronic heat press that requires no air. The heat press is ideal for meeting the quality control demands for dye sublimation printing.

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Jesse J Heap & Son, Inc. now carries the new 7240 IJO Heat transfer press with a self contained oil heated drum that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the ink jet dye-sub industry. [More Information]

We’ve added an Astex 7572 Rotary Drum Heat press to our stock of rebuilt heat transfer presses. Call for more information and pricing.

Jesse J Heap & Son, Inc now carries the AIT 120CR/240CR Pneumatic Shuttle Heat press which is ideal and cost-effective heat press system for dye-sub projects including sports apparel, flags & banners. In addition to dye sublimation, these heat presses support all types of heat transfer applications including hot and cold plastisol peel transfers and heat activated laminating processes..

The entire line of heat presses we carry are available here.

The AIT 6572 CPO Heat Press is a multi mode machine that allows you to print three ways: sheet feed individual cut parts, roll to cut part sublimation or continuous roll to roll printing. . The #6572 can be supplied with a 13″ or 24″ diameter oil heated drum and is designed for digital dye sub printing of apparel and other industries that require cut part, engineered prints.

This video demonstrates individual sheet parts being feed into the heat press:

This video demonstrations roll to cut part sublimation:

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We’ve put up a step-by-step guide for how the AIT 1550-PA Heat press can be configured to support decorating tote bags, backpacks, gym bags and children’s T-shirts, etc.

We recently acquired an Astex #7960T Continuous Heat Transfer Printing Machine at our warehouse at our warehouse in Irvington, NJ.

This heat press and a few more are available for sale in our rebuilt heat press section. All used equipment is rebuilt and restored. We have over 75 years of experience restoring and rebuilding apparel machinery. View a demonstration of the rebuilding demonstration available here.

We now carry two new heat transfer presses:

The 7300IJO rotary heat press for dye-sub is an upgraded version of its moderately priced, high value, Model 7300IJ Dye Sub Heat Press. The 7372IJO model incorporates an oil drum heating system perfected in recent years on the AIT 120 GFO heat press.
Read more about AIT 7360 Dye Sublimation Heat Transfer Press here.

The AIT grand format rotary heat transfer press is the culmination of over 25 years of manufacturing heat presses for the sublimation printing industries. High productivity, quality engineering design and consciientious after-the sale service all all good reasons for investing in this press for all your dye-sub printing or textile dye-fixation needs.
Read more about AIT LFO/GFO Dye Sublimation Heat Press here.

The AIT 6572 CPO Heat Press is specifically designed for digital dye sub printing of apparel and other industries that require cut part, engineered prints. A new self contained, oil heated drum system assures uniform heat across the width of the cylinder and the lowest possible power consumption. AIT oil heated drum systems use 50% less electric power than all electric machines.

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The AIT Heat Transfer Press Model #7240 is now available with a top feed design specifically for digital printing of sports apparel. In the traditional sublimation printing of sports apparel using offset printed transfer paper, 28” x 40” is a standard paper size. A front, a back, two sleeves and a collar can be fitted on to two sheets of the transfer paper. The 7240 can accommodate up to 44” paper width, so the width of the ink jet transfer paper needs to be 44” wide or less.

Model 7240, Top Loading (design up), complete with all standard features and:
-Steel stand
-Steel loading table, 45” x 30”
-Steel drop off tray, 45” x 30”
-Tissue Paper Unwind
-Tissue Paper rewind

Production Speed:
The speed of the 7240 machine is a little over 1 fpm at a 40 second dwell time. One sheet every 2.5 minutes is one complete garment every 5 minutes. There are 480 minutes in an 8 hour day. Considering set-up time, breaks etc, and production should be 75 to 80 garments per day.