Finishing – part 6 – Booklet makers and collators
Finishing – part 6 – Booklet makers and collators – 8th June 2009
Manufacturers devised a variety of feeding methods from cups that picked up each sheet to suction belt technology and the advanced rotary drum system to give very fast high speed feeds for substrate variation. One of the benefits was the fact that adjustments to the feeder were seldom, it ever, made.
This has come to impact on the market in a big way from table top friction systems for in plant and office applications, right up to sophisticated technology rich production lines with high collating power and a variety of downstream converting and finishing options.
As collators play an important part in full booklet making systems, bins often require frequent loading so deeper pile bins have been created to allow continuous collating. These systems have onboard computers to allow the collating towers and bins to be split to preload one set of bins with the same job. When the job runs out with one set, the next kicks in to allow continuous collating.
To combat escalating raw materials and postage costs, thinner stocks are being specified by end users and this can create some feeding issues on finishing system. It is with this in mind that GAE supplied Horizon developed a long edge feeding system, which works on line with the StictchLiner. It can also handle awkward stocks.
To be continued…
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