If you hope that the bound book can be flattened, plastic coils, spirals, and double-loop pipelining are not the best choice.
If you consult with the manufacturer of spiral-bound and plastic coil bound equipment, ask: What advantages do they have compared to other post-printing technologies, you will get a lot of satisfactory answers.
Spiel Associates, based in Long Island City, New York, the company's David Spiel said: "The biggest advantage of spiral binding is that when you open a book, books can be opened flat, which is the most attractive point of spiral binding. At first people think that put Flat-type perfect binding is the best way for mechanical binding, but it is not really fully open and flat. Books bound with plastic coils, spirals and bicyclic irons can be folded for ease of use. There is a need to open the balance. Some books for applications such as recipes, instruction manuals and maps are the best applications for spiral binding."
Spiel also mentioned: "When the two opposite pages (picture or table) need to correspond to each other, the use of bi-loop wire binding is also a very ideal choice.Generally speaking, mechanically bound books, especially plastic coil binding The book is very durable and strong."
Spiel Associates' product is Sterling Coilmaster II, an in-line plastic coil binding system. According to Spiel, it is currently the only automated plastic coil inserter that can do book binding through round or oval holes. The user simply punches the book from top to bottom at the normal marginal distance. Make coils and bind books at speeds of up to 700 volumes/hour.
James Burn International, of Poughkeepsie, New York, also supplies spiral-bound products. Bill Francis, the company’s sales manager, said: “Our company offers Wire-O and UniCoil plastic spiral binding products that can be flipped to any page of the book. The features are easy to read. This binding method can also rotate the page 360 ​​degrees, suitable for demonstration products, looks high-grade, beautiful, and helps improve the product's grade."
The BB500 Semi-Automatic Wire-O Binding Machine can staple up to 1200 books per hour. A single PLC keyboard controls and changes the configuration of the device. Bound book, indented and enclosed books, and extended index cards can be stapled.
In terms of plastic coils, James Burn offers the UniCoil CB30 automatic coil inserter that automatically inserts, cuts, and curls both ends of plastic coils. The aircraft is placed on the ground and the foot pedal is used to complete the operation. The coil supply speed can be adjusted, and the coil loading speed is also faster. The CB30 can bind up to 500 books per hour.
Anna Massey, sales and marketing manager at Gateway Bookbinding Systems, points out: "Plastic spiral binding is the only type of mechanical binding that can be done manually. This binding method is a very simple and effective method."
Simple humanization
Anna Massey explained: “Obviously, manual binding is not the best choice for bookbinding and corporate binding, but it can simplify the entire process. Once the book is perforated, the plastic spiral It can be wound through the hole while the plastic end needs to be bent to avoid the spiral being uncoiled.The whole process is divided into two steps, the first step is to punch the hole, the second step is to insert the coil.The whole process doesn't have anything with the equipment you use. relationship."
Massey continues: “The process is simple and has its advantages. The printer wants a convenient and user-friendly machine. The plastic coil binding satisfies this requirement very well.â€
Massey said: “The printer hopes that even a completely untrained operator can easily cope with the machine used, skilled operation, and achieve high efficiency. In addition, printers also hope that a machine can handle Any thickness of books."
At PRINT01, Gateway introduced the Plastikil Concept III for plastic coil binding, which automatically inserts plastic coils. Plastikoil Concept III combines the functions of the Plastikoil New Concept Former and the PBS 3000 Coil Automatic Inserter. The plastic coil is made to the required diameter and length, then it is transferred to the PBS300 automatic insertion machine. The operator can insert the coil into the book by simply pressing the foot pedal, cutting the coil, and turning both ends of the coil. bending.
Plastikoil Concept III is specifically designed for large-volume bookbinding requirements. Speed ​​up to 800 volumes/hour. Ann Marie Boggio, head of marketing at Spiral Binding, emphasized: “Double-O wire and plastic coil binders are easy to install and require little training. For traditional bookbinding applications, wire binding is the best The choice is plastic coil binding, which is the best choice for documents that require ease of use and openness.Spiral Binding supplies a range of plastic coils and wire binding machines.Two types of machines can bind up to The height is: 1-1/4" thick for the wire and 2" for the spiral coil.
visual impact
GBC Document Processing Equipment Co., Ltd. is located in Buffalo Grove. Christian Webel, the company's product manager, believes that the diversity of the visual impact of plastic coil binding gives it certain advantages.
She said: "Especially for plastic coil binding, there are many colors to choose from, to coordinate the color of the book cover. So give a very professional visual effects." GBC DigiColor plastic coil inserter can bind up to 400 books per hour, The use of 8mm to 33mm coils can bind up to 14x12" size documents. The installation of the machine does not require the use of tools, and it is said that the commissioning of the equipment and the change of work can be done with little time. There is also an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) control. The panel guides the operator.
In addition, GBC also introduced a CC2700 device that can electrically coil coils from 6mm to 33mm and can be crimped to any degree so that the coils are inserted into pre-punched documents. Then hand it to the crimper to trim and bend the end of the coil to complete the process.
Vivian Sassi, an employee of a bookbinding company on the Miami coast of the United States, added that spiral binding has become more and more popular and more and more popular. The simple design and low cost meet the needs of many people who worry about efficiency and cost. Sassi feels that these ideas will be an important reason for the spiral binding to win in the coming period of time.
Sassi expects that spiral or plastic coil binding equipment, which will dominate the market, may be a type of machine that incorporates manual punching and automatic coil insertion. It can meet customers' needs for both cost and binding.