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Hi, I just give you some ideas coming from what I've experienced in the last 15 years. From the picture you have attached and the description you have provided, yours looks like a problem of "weak" heat exchange. In other words, the center bushes don't transfer the heating and the cooling like the m...

Hi all We are selling: 1x AD1202 record press, s/n 314, w/ extruder and safety barriers Double pressure system, hydraulic block with new Hawe valves 1x hydraulic unit, Bersanetti, with accumulator 1x set of original Alpha moulds, dated 1985 approx., never reprofiled - hence hardened and finished lik...

Record is not properly cooled down, just add some seconds to the cooling cycle. Also I'd check that the hoses are properly connected to the inlet and outlet of the mould, as the heat exchange should start from the center and move towards the edge, which instead looks properly cooled (well shaped) in...

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Nice one. I found out that the flipside is fairly better. There is less difference from the edge to the inside, and if you're lucky, there are no small bumps as well. The small difference in thickness among the various sectors of the lacquer's surface stays almost unchanged though - and it's quite a...

Hi all, I understand that despite Covid, demand for cutting has risen lately, but MDC could send less and better lacquers to Europe rather than more and almost useless... with the last batch of 14" masters, I managed to cut decently only discomixes and short LPs ... with the longer ones, I had to re...

Hi to all Due to a partial upgrade to new-generation machines, we are selling one Toolex Alpha AD1202 record press complete with controller, hydraulic engine and hydraulic block. The press is also equipped with safety guards connected to micro switches, already cabled into the 24V electric circuit, ...

Hi, I've got this issue several times. If SAL goes in overload, when you lower the head and open the circuit, and you have no modulation, this most likely happens because there is no signal continuity as the SAL expects to be. So what you have to do is 1st of all measure with a tester the Ohms in th...

To all manufacturers: please avoid this spanish broker, unless the jobs are paid upfront. This customer is handling a wide load of orders, and in front of this, he will ask to the manufacturer a credit line of 60 days for the payment, but you will see that every 60 days he will pay always a little l...

Fantastic. Just a couple things I've noticed - on these machines - as an experienced owner and user of 5 old Alphas: 1. patty loader goes half way in, then it stops, then it goes full way in. There must be a (good) reason for this. Maybe - just my guessing - the reason might be a more precise placin...

Re-silvering is not uncommon at all, as Mossy says. Who says that you cannot play back the lacquer? If you do it carefully, with a good stylus and not too much weight on it, then it will not be damaged at all. Sure, you maybe cannot do this 10 times, but it's not a given. There is a significant diff...

I have always been quite skeptic on my posts regarding the new presses, mostly because there has been a lot of advertising and what the "public" could see were just projects/drawings, without any kind of action. Now, I wouldn't like to sound too much patriotic, but it comes to my mind the 80's motto...

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Hi The dishing problem can be caused by a different speed in the heat exchange of the upper and lower mould and/or by the combination between the mould profile and the integrity of the plates of the press you are using. Wrong settings in the I/O hoses for steam and water will result most likely on w...

Hey Bieber The rising of the temperature on old extruders is a classic, especially when you need to make a big puck (230-240g for a 180g record, or even less - it depends on the unloading rings you are using). As far as you manage to make the puck in time, and stay within the temperature ranges whic...

...and there is one more thing. If you look at the videos they posted on the website, the extruder does the puck without hole, in the Alpha Toolex way. Now, Alpha Toolex presses self-center the puck and make the final hole of the record with the combined action of the upper and lower centerpin. On a...

This "Newbilt thing" is gaining a lot of interest also on some Italy's music magazines: "with these machines, the usual delays for manufacturing vinyl records will be definitely solved". I wanted to post a reply to the article, but it wasn't worth. Apart from the fact that this is a false statement,...

Chris I have to correct you for one time Europress is not located in the old Phonopress premises, because they proved to be not OK for safety/environment; that was the main reason why we moved away from that premises, along with other reasons, like that we needed more space etc., but that is also th...

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Starting from 30:00, here's yesterday's national TV news about us. You can see our VMS, the press shop and a few other things. Enjoy

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We moved... back up and running. Nothing else to say!