What's New in the Bindery? (Slideshow)

C.P. Bourg’s BM-e Booklet Maker won a Best of Show award in the bindery category. It can stitch, fold and trim sheet sizes up to 14.5x23.5?. Key features include a 300-degree swivel-mounted 12? color touch screen terminal, tool-less job size changeovers and the ability to fold up to 30 sheets of 20-lb bond.

Duplo demonstrated one-pass finishing of full-bleed booklets on this DFS-3500, which performs slitting, creasing, stitching, folding and trimming. Ideal for short-run applications, it boasts quick setup and changeover.

Count Machinery showed its EZ Creaser, which applies a rotary actuated compression crease to produce a sharp score. This eliminates cracking after folding on digitally produced media. Score positions are controlled to 1/100th of an inch and can be placed in up to eight locations per sheet.

Morgana Systems brought its DigiFold creasing and folding machine to the show. Its folding method reduces the possibility of marking or scratching sensitive materials. It performs creasing and folding in one pass and can also act as a creaser alone.

The Standard Horizon BQ-470 four-clamp binder now has two important new accessories.  Operators can use the SI-470 digital caliper to measure book thickness and transfer this data to the binder for automated setup. Also new is the PM-470 pre-melt tank, for longer runs between adhesive replenishment. The BQ-470 features interchangeable EVA/PUR adhesive tanks.

Michael Spiel stands next to Spiel Associates’ new Sterling Digipunch, an economical high-speed punch designed for digital printers. It punches up to 60,000 sheets per hour, features a variable pile lift, and uses a touch screen for automatic setup and changeovers.

GBC’s Rick McCallion showed off the new eBinder 200, running inline on a Xerox Nuvera 288 EA. This mechanical binder punches and binds books using the Ellipse universal element, which automatically calibrates to the exact book size. It produces lay-flat books with wrap-around capabilities.

MBM showed the newly available Auto 50 automatic programmable air suction creaser. The bottom-fed system creases up to 5,500 sheets an hour and makes up to 28 creases per 11x17? sheet. It boasts 99 memory settings.

The 3000 QS Auto Coil Inserter, from Gateway Bookbinding Systems, automatically inserts pre-cut lengths of coil into pre-punched books, simultaneously crimping both ends. No tools are needed for setup and changeover.

Drytac showed its VersaCoater DocuMate Plus UV coater, which is compatible with polymerized, wax-infused toner and ink. It can coat a range of material thicknesses without adjusting rollers.

Terry Dickey (right), of Dry-Lam tries out the Phoenix 44? laminator at the Southwest Plastic Binding booth. Helping him is Dan O’Conner, of Southwest. The Phoenix features a clear protective safety shield, single-controller roller height adjustment, large 4? diameter silicone rollers and two temperature and speed settings.

At On Demand, Baum introduced the tabletop turbo suction wheel (shown here on Baum’s 714XLT folder) for improved feeding of even the most difficult stocks. The additional suction allows operators to load the feed table fuller for increased productivity.