Attachment extends SPARKLE machine's folding function

(ACCESSORIES ADD SPARKLE) Ancillary equipment for folding machines, like cherry to cheesecake. Cherries can increase the sweetness of cheese cakes, and can also expand the variety of butter cakes. Similarly, folding machines also need to add a variety of functions, such as sticking inserts, sampling, folding and so on, not to mention the traditional indentation, stripping and punching. It is undeniable that printing manufacturers and post-press processors are still seeking devices that are easy to operate, set up quickly, have a short readiness, and have high product quality. However, the addition of auxiliary equipment will greatly improve the performance of the folding machine. The above-mentioned various functions, according to the KEPE company owner and president Wei En Peige, are just the most common requirements of customers. Through a vacuum bench, the standard and fold of the product are realized, and finally the glued together technology has now been mentioned on the agenda. Peige believes that the needs of the folding and binding industries have affected the folding machine manufacturing industry. Customers need more complex folding products, and also hope to classify finished products. "The new folding machine should be modular," he said. "The feed system and the folding machine have been separated, but the requirements for each component on the production line are variable. This is a common demand in today's society. Because it is too unrealistic to make machines that only produce a single variety." Then he added: "Generally speaking, folding machines are usually connected to web printing and are often used to produce special products, such as complex postal mail or printed products with a mailing envelope." Printed products with a return letter or an inner-envelope envelope usually require sequential cutting, special adhesives, and product proofing, and all data related to the database must be matched with the requirements by inkjet printing.” KEPES The company's M7 special machine can select different roller diameters for four-fold processing depending on the weight of the product. There are also other types of folding plates to choose from, up to 16% off. In addition, the machine can choose a width of up to 63 inches. According to Brittney Cashel, a representative of the Indian printing company Heidelberg, zero-ready bar folding is one of the most common devices in their current folding machines. It can control the paper feed through the knob, which also controls the swing guide plate. In this way, the position of the guide plate can be adjusted without having to remove the fence folding plate, completely avoiding the inconvenience of the traditional standard folding plate. Paper delivery systems are often overlooked, and Brettney commented that if the system does not keep up with the machine rhythm, then the speed of the automatic folding machine is not fast enough. Heidelberg is highly respected by its vertical stacking conveyor system, VSA.D. Cashel said: "This system also has a single-page count and batch processing capabilities, can also be marked in the side shift, and can also double-sided printing on the sheet of paper, the amount of transmission can be up to four open size. We also have a stacking conveyor system SBP.D, except that the folded paper is built up along the folds and the rest is the same as the VSA.” In the United States, due to the large number of qualified workers, there is a lot more automation and more savings. The manpower equipment has become the customer's demand goal. In order to adapt to this situation, Heidelberg has specifically launched the 20-inch Stahl TD52 and 30-inch TD78 folding machines. The Model 52 is available in standard configurations including the TREMAT flat stacker, fully automatic fence flap, automatic guide plate and ergonomic DCT2000 controller. Type 78 also has the above basic configuration, but it is equipped with a turntable feeder. Printing or palletizing systems are still the most common choice for printers and binders, but online gluing systems are also one of their most urgently needed functions. John Potter, Department Manager of LDR International Ltd., said: “If brochures can be produced on a folding machine, then it is still quite cost-effective.” “The return envelope is one of the many online processing products, it is a folding machine combined with modern One result of glue coating technology," he said. The high cost, low profit, and lack of labor force make this industry, including manufacturers, put higher demands on the machines. They want the machine not only to have a high output but also to operate easily. On-demand printing has transformed the computerization of folding machines from an alternative to an essential one. The high investment in equipment can also be compensated by quick setup and easy operation, as all of this can lead to increased productivity. One of the hallmarks of Lhoe Shoei's folding machines is their computerized assistance. Of course, their folding machines can also perform similar functions of ordinary folding machines, such as manual setting of folding plates and cardboard clamps. Users have also gradually found that adding auxiliary equipment such as printing/stacking conveyors, strapping machines, or gluing systems can provide them with an ideal return on investment. Hans Max, president of U.S. MBO, said that his company is providing a new type of BA-900 baler that can be used for single, split, triple or quadruple production. Max mentioned that the shortage of labor nowadays, especially the scarcity of skilled workers in the post-printing period, has given people a soft spot for the easy and simple machines. They demand more electronics than mechanization, and they also want maintenance costs to be as low as possible. MBO's Marble-less Perfection folding machine can increase productivity by 20% to 25%. It is equipped with a quick setup system, a computerized machine ready system, and a display that shows all configuration information for folding rollers, cutter bars, and side trays. At the Graph 2000 exhibition, MBO also demonstrated their Navigator system. This system has an optional 15-inch touch screen display, controlled by PLC, which can group the company Perfection folder together with other equipment into an all-digital processing system and can indicate operator problems in the event of a failure. Where As a result, managers, supervisors, or engineering technicians no longer have to worry about searching for manuals, accessory manuals, circuit diagrams, product catalogs, or tips for use because all of this information is digitally displayed on the display. The higher degree of automation, less labor, and higher-speed central processing systems are the requirements of the current market. It is also a goal to be able to complete a variety of operational tasks on-line under a central control system. Proflod’s vice president of marketing, Ban Poco, believes that their GPS 4000 products are fully capable of meeting this need in the graphic arts industry. Their Profold GPS400 return envelope system can automatically produce postal-style return envelopes. It has a parallel right-angle folding device, a fixed system, a pneumatic conveying system, an inkjet address printing system (optional, compatible with most models) and a stack conveyor belt. If the volume of mail is large, the investment return time of the equipment will be less than one year. “We believe that the printing and binding plants will add this mail service system together with their other services to the entire folding system in the future,” said Boko. “But at present, most of the work done by manufacturers for printing return mails is through Sending them directly to the post office for distribution and postage stamping, the GPS 4000 can turn all of these jobs into print-internal processing transactions, efficiently completing these tasks without much manual intervention. Because mail products are produced directly by the original manufacturer, this method can reduce the rate of breakage and ensure that mail is completed on time.” In addition, the system can also provide stamps, sales stickers or other labels, etc. Stick to different materials or even CD boxes. It does this by placing the feeder between the right angle folder and the strip/tagger. Making the device user-friendly and achieving fast switching between different processes is also a top priority for the manufacturer of the folding machine. Bill Stauber, vice president of sales and marketing at York Advanced Graphics Equipment, said that their machines are capable of real-time adjustment of the corrected folding size. In addition, the folding roller or folding box can also be set together offline, and then replaced together, eliminating the cumbersome setting of the folding machine. “Our folding machines can be folded online, from general label printing presses to wide gravure printing presses.” Staube said, “Users of the branding industry have always favored online folding.” “But we also manufacture eight-page folding machines, which are especially suitable for small-size binding factories or individual users. Some printing companies also have a demand for online folding or cross folding. When they hope to print, the pages will also be folded. "Okay." "We should seek a balance between manual and automatic," said Mark Peiman, Baumfolder's sales engineer. "This is important for improving quality and completing production tasks on time." "Too much automation will When the machine is changed in the state of printing and cutting, it cannot be adjusted immediately.” He said: “Now, another factor that affects the performance of folding machines is the increasing number of recycled papers. It is very unstable. It requires the folding machine to both ensure the tension of the paper and to prevent the paper from slipping." "Because these eco-friendly papers affect the paper texture and can cause paper creases. The ability to change.” Peiman also mentioned that all of Baum's floor-standing folding machines were specifically designed to solve the above problems and the operation became more friendly, enabling newcomers to easily set up paper spacing or vacuum devices. Baum2015 is the latest “next generation” product produced by the company. It is a new product designed for those small printers that converts from a desktop folding machine to a high-speed folding machine. The on-line folding with the packaging function or adding the FSIs process to the final packaged product is also a customer demand, said Buhrs marketing manager Ms. Rice Mustard. She believes that printing speeds, paper counts, or offline applications are affecting folding machine manufacturers. She said: "The system needs to run at high speed and the folding is also the best." "However, if the paper is fed faster, high-speed folding will become difficult to achieve. Now many factories hope the folding machine can be anywhere. Set up and work, so it can be said that the portability of the machine is also one of the requirements of the customer." The Buhrs-ITM four-folding machine is a high-speed, knives-type machine that is mainly used to fold or print four pages of this newspaper. The need for stickers and other aspects, the speed of up to 23,000 per hour. This type of machine can use different feeders and it is convenient for use with other pagers or postpress machines. The head of the GBR system company, Tucker Parker, believes that bookbinding and printing plants need automated folding equipment so that they can increase production and save costs. In particular, the increasing labor costs, the decreasing number of qualified operators, and the customer's demand for flexible production and rapidity have made the bookbinding and printing shops more dependent on automated high-precision folding technologies. GBR offers a computer-controlled Mathias Bauerle (MB) CAS 52-B folding machine with the SetMATIC system, which is capable of fully automatic settings such as folding plates, folding roller spacing, fence arrangement and discharge rolls. All of this is done by computer. During processing, as long as a technical requirement is set by the user, other 60 conventional folding technical parameters such as folding size, speed, paper interval, compression ratio, inhalation time, product count, double setting, paper conveying control , fence arrangement, etc. will be automatically adjusted to the desired state based on pre-stored data. Count Machinery also offers several folding machines, including the medium-sized Count-Ford 235 S folder. It adopts pneumatic feeding, modular design, with standard adjustable folding roller calipers, organic/steel rollers, indentation equipment or sealed bearings, etc. The maximum folding speed can reach 30,000 sheets/hour. Challenge Machinery offers two models that are among the desktop and floor-folding equipment. One of them is the Medalist 870 folding machine, which is equipped with a right-angled folder and has a fast swing guide that allows the machine to change the setting without removing the folding plate while removing the feeding material. It is easy to maintain the underlying folding plate behind the device.