Automatic Rhinestone machine & Spangle machine

Learn about the best automatic rhinestone machine on the market and about a spangle machine, an additional way to use rhinestone designs.

Creating rhinestone projects is a really feasible business. Any tournament uses this kind of t-shirt and buys the products. So the business has great support, making investments in machines and new tools will certainly boost sales! Automatic rhinestone machine and spangle machine are wonderful options!

The leading brand in terms of automatic machines to create rhinestone designs is the CAMS brand. It offers two types of machines for rhinestone crafters and to create a lot of designs to sell!

How CAMS work?

CAMS machines use a vacuum mechanism to place the rhinestone on the transfer. It works with hoopers, which are like a plate to hold rhinestones of different sizes and colors, while air guns pick them up to place them on the transfer. Above all, CAMS hoopers are compatible with 3 sizes of rhinestones: size 10, size 6 and size 4.

These rhinestone machines are easy to operate. They have sensors to know where to place the stone, so they have automatic positioning. The rhinestones will be face down on the adhesive side. Finally, we will remove the transfer and place it on the t-shirt so that the design is face up.

These machines come with software called Hotfix era. That is the PC requirement is to work with the designs. You can’t bring SVG formats into the software, but you can download them, and re-save them in another format as PLT files. At BGArtdesigner.com you can find designs in that format directly.

CAMS 1V-2P

The CAMS 1V-2P is one of the best rhinestone transfer machines. Its dimensions are 23.6 inches wide and 21.2 inches high, perfectly compact in small work spaces. With these machines it is possible to create projects of 9.8 inches wide and 11.8 inches high. In case you need a larger project, it is possible to create the design separately and press it all together.

The machines come with two (2) hoppers for setting different colors or sizes of rhinestones. But additional hoppers are available to change the plates and use up to 4 colors at a time. It works really fast putting 170 stones per minute, so a 300 stone design will take you more than 2 minutes to finish! Last but not least, this machine does not need a compressor.

CAMS 1V-6P

The CAMS 1V-6P is a larger automatic rhinestone setting machine than the CAM 1V-2P. Its dimensions are 35.5 inches wide and 46.6 inches high. With these machines it is possible to create projects 15.7 inches wide and 15.7 inches high, that is 400mmx400mm. It is perfect for creating larger projects at a time, and simply transferring it directly.

The machine comes with six (6) rings to put different colors or sizes of rhinestones. This allows crafters to use more colors easily and therefore make better designs. In other words, the advantages of this machine is that it allows crafters to create multicolored and huge design

In terms of speed, this machine also produces 170 stones per minute. Finally, it has a USB port on the front that allows us to manage the designs directly from the machine – just send the machine to arrange the stones on the transfer tape!

Spangles Vs rhinestones

First of all, what are spangles?

A spangle is a plastic polymer, with color on the front and glue on the back. It is similar to a sequin, but has no hole. In contrast to spangles, rhinestones are made of glass, So to the touch they have a lot of texture. In contrast, sequins are smooth to the touch.

However, both rhinestones and spangles depend on heat. To adhere rhinestones or spangles to a t-shirt, for example, we will need a heat press. As for weight, rhinestones have a lot of weight but look fantastic. Spangles, on the other hand, add practically no weight to the t-shirt.

The presentation of the materials is also different. All the rhinestones came in bag-packages, and the stones came in different sizes separately. The spangles came as a kind of ribbon wheel. It also has color on the front and glue on the back.

Above all, we can use rhinestones without an automatic machine, there is a manual method that works perfectly to create rhinestone designs, all you have to do is cut out the rhinestone template. But an automatic machine will certainly come in handy to create a lot of projects in less time. On the other hand, sequins need an automatic machine.

SPANGLE Elite MACHINE

The Elite spangle machine is small and compact. Its dimensions are 23.62 inches wide and 11.81 inches high. Best of all, it fits easily into a home office. This machine works by punching the material to create the shape of the circle, and adhering it to the transfer tape. To finally heat seal it onto the t-shirt. To clarify, with spangles you load the design into the computer and sort of print the design.

In terms of speed, the spangle Elite punches up to 900 sequins per minute. The spangle material comes in rolls and from one it is possible to get 27000 pounches. Finally, this one also uses Hotfix era software, so the description of use is the same.

Spangle Elite is another way to start a bling business! The designs are the same as rhinestones, as it is also a circular design format.

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