How To Use The Can Cooler Heat Press Platen

The Hotronix Lower Platen range is a series of 15 interchangeable platens compatible with all Hotronix heat presses. They've been designed with heat printing versatility in mind so that your heat press purchase is a purchase for life (not just for Christmas). As your heat printing business grows and you look into introducing new products and different garments to your business offering, Hotronix ensures that you can do that without having to shell out for a new heat press over and over again. 

The interchangeable platen range clips in and out of each Hotronix heat press. Look for the lever under the right-hand side of your lower platen, pull it out towards you, and you'll be able to slip your platen on or off. 

The platen range enables you to print a multitude of unique and high-value products such as shoes and caps. 

But today we're exploring the use of the Can Cooler platen

Compatible with a 40x50cm Hotronix heat press

Because the Hotronix heat press range comes in many sizes. We offer heat presses with upper platens in sizes: 28x38cm, 40x40cm and 40x50cm. Unfortunately, if a heat press platen size is larger than your heat press heated platen size, when you bring your press down for a fuse, you risk parts of your garment not being under the heated platen. So while a large platen on a small heat press wouldn't be wholly incompatible, it does render their uses limited. 

Because of the size of the Can Cooler Platen, it can only be used with the largest size of Hotronix heat presses, 40x50cm. Lucky for you, if you haven't bought one yet, you've got lots of choice. The Maxx Clam and The Auto Open heat presses both offer a 40x50cm size. The Fusion IQ, Air Fusion IQ and Dual Air Fusion IQ all come as a 40x50cm heat press as standard. So you can choose from 5 different specs of heat press to suit your business and your financial needs.

How to use a Can Cooler Heat Press Platen

In Britain, the weather is rarely hot enough to warrant the need for a can cooler but because of their extremely low price point and novelty feel, they are still a popular promotional item within some industries. Offering them for promotional events is a great idea because it brands normal glassware or plastic drinking bottles in a very inexpensive way. They're also a great memento for guests to take home. Despite the fact they are seasonal for the general consumer, there are a precious 3 months of every year where every Brit is desperately searching for a way to keep their drinks cold. While the demand isn't going to make you a millionaire, they are a great upsell product.

If your client is purchasing branded work tote bags, badges or anything extra and inessential, we are 99% certain you can upsell them some branded can coolers too.

This platen offers you 8 areas for isolation and it's truly up to you what you fit on them.

Why not hang t-shirt sleeves off them? You could slide socks or sliders onto them too! You're able to print 8 items at once with this heat press platen so get creative because it is a time and a money saver in the long run.

Check out the other 14 platens in the Hotronix Interchangeable Platen range below: