
Finishing - Material Handling

The SAA loading device for continuous-feed paper folders injects high volume air between sheets on the feeder table prior to fanning stock. It helpshelps to solve the longstanding problems of mis-feeds, jamming and stock-sticking, as well as operator fatigue and injury.
When considering installing a scrap paper removal/recycling system, outside of the paper volume that is generated, what other factors come into play? An argument can be made that even a moderately inelegant scrap paper recycling setup is preferred over the investment required to install a properly configured removal and recycling system.
Visitors to Muller Martini Booth #1137 at Print09 will have the opportunity to view live demonstrations of the highly flexible, space-saving 3696 Gathering Machine, as well as the Orbit Three-Knife Trimmer.
“Mailstream” is a new fully automated Direct Mail Finishing System that converts press sheets into finished mail products. Because of its small footprint, Mailstream is ideal for all size printers who want to bring mailing services in-house. With smaller space requirements, a low cost basis and high levels of automation and production, the Mailstream offers high profit potential to the mail finishing process.
Direct marketer Valpak's new $220 million production and distribution facility in Florida is a hub of technology and automated materials handling.
Printing Impressions' Bindery & Finishing News for May 2009
PB-15 revolutionizes paper drilling with automatic feeding, jogging, drilling and delivery of products all at speeds up to 1,500 piles per hour on products ranging from:
*Loose-leaf, spiral & wire-o manuals
*Perfect bound books & stitched products
*Mechanical bound books with 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 5:5 patterns
Features include, easy touch screen programming, automated paper formats, cooling and lubricating, all at speeds 5-8 times faster than current methods!
ANDOVER, MA—October 20, 2008—Standard Finishing Systems will show a comprehensive portfolio of Standard Hunkeler unwinding, cutting, stacking and rewinding solutions in partnership with leading continuous-feed digital print suppliers – including InfoPrint Solutions Company, Kodak, Océ, Screen and Xerox – throughout the hall at Graph Expo. These various solutions are tailored to meet the application requirements of the commercial print, print on demand, book publishing, transactional printing, and direct mail industries.
ANDOVER, MA—October 14, 2008—Under the theme “Think Intelligent Automation,” Standard Finishing Systems will showcase a broad range of highly automated post press, paper handling and inserting solutions at Graph Expo, Oct. 26 – 29 in Chicago.
Printing Impressions' Bindery News for Commercial Printing Industry for October 2008