High-speed horse-riding stapler (top) - Ultra-high speed, high value-added, automatic and efficient equipment

(High-speed saddlestitching) The development of binding technology has been slow in terms of the development of printing systems. However, for the saddle-stitching machine, a long-established large-scale postpress processing equipment has recently undergone some remarkable developments. . For example, Drupa 2000 has seen some innovative models of horse-riding staplers, including high-speed saddle stitchers (up to 13,000 copies per hour), this article will focus on this model. At present, with the development of technology, binding companies will have to face three major challenges: 1. How to deal with the impending labour shortage. 2, how to provide value-added services. 3, how to save labor, especially in the long version of the work. A few years ago, with the shift of McCain, the manufacturers of medium and large-sized horse-riding staplers in the United States disappeared. Today, this market is dominated by European manufacturers, mainly Ferag, Heidelberg and Muller Martini. Among the products on the market, Drupa introduced the new Febi CombiDrum collating machine among the sellers. It has a rotatable drum design and a magnetic rechargeable handle (relative standard chain structure). This structure allows the signature to move smoothly and be bound accurately. Mike Paschall, manager of the market trading agency of Ferag USA, said that the CombiDrum models are aimed at mid-to-large presses, which can reach speeds of about 25,000 volumes per hour. Next, Ferag will launch the SHT Collating Machine, which will reach a speed of 40000 vehicles per hour. Heidelberg introduced their Stitchmaster ST 400 multi-stitch saddle stitcher at Drupa. It appeared for the same purpose, "expanding the breadth of the market to meet the needs of mid-sized users and users of web presses." Steven Calov, Heidelberg Postpress Divisional stapler and production manager of the wireless binding equipment division, explained. The ST400 is currently undergoing trial testing at a speed of 14,000 volumes per hour. Heidelberg displayed the low-profile ST300 at this high-speed model display, with a speed of 13,000 copies per hour. The seller also provided a high-speed bookbinding system line for the roll printing division. Among them is the Pacesetter 870 model, which Drupa describes as a binding device that can bind both single and double pages at a speed of 15,500 per hour; and the Pacesetter 1000 for 8.5 x 11-inch print binding. Muller Martini offers Tempo and Prima saddle stitchers for large presses. Tempo-type products can be used to bind 13X 9.875-inch books and have a speed of up to 20,000 copies per hour. The Prima can handle 18.625X11.875-inch signatures (dual version) and can reach 14,000 volumes per hour. Vertical or horizontal? European systems tend to use horizontal or flat-type feeders, while US staplers feature vertical feeders. The horizontal model signature is placed flat and one post is pressed on the other post. The signature is input from the bottom through a movable suction stick device. The horizontal model can input various sizes of signatures and various types of paper, but the weight of the signature stack must be the lightest and consistent. This requires the addition of an automatic signature input device which can ensure the consistency of the height of the booklet in the horizontal binding machine through the level and the sensor. The vertical binding machine enters signatures through an open drum mounted on a vertical angle. The problem with this type of vertical model is that the semi-vertical orientation reduces the amount of signatures, which makes it impossible to integrate the signatures with the input device. At the same time, in order to well coordinate the different paper materials and different folding forms used by the user, the speed of inputting the signature can be further controlled. The increase in the sales volume of the platform-type paper feeders The paper feeders of the two models have their own users, and they can use the printing process and the post-printing process to carry out the positioning of the signatures. Manufacturers led by Muller Martini said that horizontal machine technology is on the rise. Felix Stirnimann, manager of the printing and finishing department at Muller Martini, said that because the labor cost in the United States has been low for a long time, users who use the saddle stitcher system either manually enter the signature or use a vertical input device. Nowadays, the printing industry in the United States is facing a shortage of labor market, so they chose platform input devices, which are devices that are easy to control automatically. Muller Martini provides a mature “tandem” automatic input device for their horizontal models. This type of automatic input device can efficiently handle unsharp irregular signatures by processing them before being forced into the horizontal binding machine. In order to have better hardness and separation, such an input device can also make the signature arch before entering the binding machine. According to sellers using this type of tandem input device, this device can significantly increase the production volume due to the elimination of erroneous signature input. In Drupa, Heidelberg Wed introduced the H-211 and H-311 horizontal input binding machines. Ready to be ready In this section, the two largest bookbinding machine manufacturers are ready for a great deal of effort in the development of bookbinding technology (this also happens in perfect binding). The technical development of the binding machine is tending to shorten the overall length of operation and reduce the technical requirements of the binding shop, so Heidelberg and Muller Martini (and the Vijuk company at the back of the medium-sized section) have concentrated on producing a complete and complete And more sophisticated binding machine. For example, Heidelberg's ST 400 is designed to allow quick interchange between different types of jobs. “In this, time is books,” Calov explained. “If a printing shop has a large number of printing operations in one day, then the ability to quickly bind a finished binding machine will have a big, different effect.” However, With over 100,000 printing presses, the automatic exchange device has no use at all. Calov has investigated that even if the printing plant can prepare the saddle stitcher in an hour or half an hour through an automatic device, but for the operator, if the job is some long-lived work, the device is There is no profit, or cannot increase profits. Heidelberg's Postpress Department explains that at this time the job exchange is the smallest part of the overall offer. Careful considerations have been given to the adjustment parts of these automatically adjustable systems: version folding, spine design, signature thickness, stapler-headed and bad-order monitor displays, three-knife and five-knife-cutting. Edger, and counting stacker. All of this is to make the binding machine run stably, and it can use the shortest working time. Although these designs are good news for unskilled operators, the increased degree of automation has also led to a smaller range of flexibility in actual work. It will have to add a lot of restrictions to some very standard layouts and versions of books and periodicals. However, the implementation of automatic control must be widely adopted by process standards such as CIP4. As these standards are further developed, the post-press processing system will routinely receive guidance from the previous level to complete improvements. Today, some saddle stitchers have the ability to read documents from the CIP4 through automatic controls. These documents provide folding and crop marks and allow the stapler to automatically locate the books. For example, the SCS100 interactive system in Heidelberg's ST400 system allows the stapler to be linked to the digital process flow. Postpress data from the prepress system can be loaded directly into the ST400.