TC Series — Textile Carousels
Servo-indexed garment carousels in 6, 8, 10 and 12 stations, with the QuickChange squeegee carriage as standard. For shops that print multi-colour plastisol and water-based work all day and can’t afford colour changes measured in coffee breaks.
The TC-8 is our best-selling machine in North America. The TC-12 exists mostly because a customer in Porto asked for it in 2011 and then ordered four, which ended the internal argument about whether anybody needed twelve stations. (They do. We were wrong.) Full colour change in under four minutes once your crew has done it twice — the first time takes twenty, same as everything else new, and we say so in the training plan.
TC-8 print head with QuickChange carriage.
Full specifications
| Stations | 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 |
|---|---|
| Max. pallet | 500 × 620 mm |
| Max. frame | 750 × 1,000 mm |
| Index time | 1.9 s (8-station), 2.2 s (12-station) |
| Squeegee carriage | QuickChange, tool-free, <4 min full colour change (trained crew) |
| Indexer | Servo, with servo-conversion kits for pre-2009 machines |
| Power | 400 V / 3φ / 50 Hz, 8.5 kW |
| Compressed air | 6 bar, 320 l/min |
| Dimensions (TC-8) | 4.4 m diameter, 2.3 m height, floor load 1,150 kg/m² |
| Weight (TC-8) | 2,150 kg |
| Controls | MorePrinter MP-Control (Siemens PLC base, source code escrowed) |
| Delivery | 10–14 weeks ex works Aschaffenburg |
Specifications subject to change; your quotation is the binding document. Index times measured with pallets loaded, not empty, because that is how you will run it.
Dimensional drawing (TC-8, top view)
Schematic, mm. The 10- and 12-station machines grow the ring, not the footprint principle — GA drawings for every configuration ship with the quotation.
Factory options
| Option | What it does | Retrofit to earlier machines? |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle start modules | Duplicate start/stop per operator position, two-hand safety circuit, per-station counters | Yes (1994 onward), ~2.5 h install |
| Flood speed display | Per-station flood speed and pressure readout with 90-day logging | Yes (see Options & Parts) |
| Servo conversion kit | Converts pre-2009 pneumatic indexers to servo, 1.9 s index | Yes, that is its entire purpose |
| Pneumatic pallet levelling | Off-contact control from the panel, per station | Machine-specific quotation |
| Dual-lift print heads | Heads lift independently for flash-cure dwell | No (frame geometry) |
Accessories & consumables
| Accessory | Notes | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| QuickChange carriage, complete | The whole assembly, if yours has finally had enough | 3–5 days |
| Indexer cam, high-speed | Fits TC Series and MP-4500 | From stock |
| Pallet set, aluminium | Standard sizes, custom shapes 2 weeks | From stock / 2 weeks |
| Off-contact shim kits | 0.5–3.0 mm, labelled by people who have used them | From stock |
Wear parts carry our 15-year availability guarantee, and the TC Series shares drive components with the MP-4500 — fewer part numbers for shops that run both.
Request a quotation
Tell us your station count, your typical print sizes and whether you flash between colours. If a 12-station machine is more carousel than your volume needs, we will say so — an over-specified machine is a customer who resents us at renewal time.