Finishing & Screen Printing
“Faster make-readies and better average run speeds than the competition”
Monday 28. January 2008 - Olympic Bindery touts benefits that the BravoPlus stitcher has brought to their business
Since 2005, Olympic Bindery, Inc. located in Broadview, Illinois, has installed three Muller Martini BravoPlus saddle stitchers. The most recent installation took place in the fall of 2007 and the advantages of BravoPlus technology have been many for Olympic. Among the specific benefits are “faster make readies and better average run speeds than the competition,” says Dan Mooney, President of Olympic Bindery Inc. Other advantages, according to Mr. Mooney, include “the ability to run more of a variety of sizes and formats due to the improved feeders and trimmer. Our Muller stitchers each produce double the output of the equipment they replaced.”
Olympic Bindery employs 80 people and serves customers ranging from small sheet fed printers to large web shops. Olympics main operations include cutting/folding/stitching/mailing and die cutting. “Its important to have versatile equipment to meet our customers production needs on any given project,” continues Dan Mooney.
Through a combination of highly trained and committed employees, the right equipment and a responsive equipment supplier, Olympic Bindery has continued to grow its annual revenues. “Muller stitchers are very operator friendly, meaning they are easy to set up and maintain,” states Mr. Mooney. “Also, Muller is very good in sales, training, parts and service support. In a production environment, if there is any equipment breakdown, you must get the equipment back into production as soon as possible and Muller has always been very supportive for us in that regard. The key to having a successful production facility is to build a strong relationship with all your vendors. I believe Olympic and Muller Martini have achieved this, with the success of both our companies to prove it.”
The 13,000 c/hr. BravoPlus stitcher, which provides a level of automation that is unmatched in the mid-performance class, delivers maximum uptime and exceptional net output. Furthermore, the feeders on the BravoPlus have been re-designed to enable highly efficient advance and retard timing of each individual feeder to the chain in general. Complementing the efficiency enhancements that have been made to the feeders on the BravoPlus is variable feeding capability with a choice of feeder options (flat pile feeder, vertical pile feeder, stream feeder, card and cover folder feeder, and merchandise and card gluers). BravoPlus is also available with inside and outside inkjet capabilities, providing print shops and binderies with many ways to expand their service offering.
Production quality on the BravoPlus saddle stitcher is closely controlled through selectable options that include: ASIR (optical automatic signature image recognition), lateral thickness measurement by side caliper, oblique sheet monitor, thickness measurement by ridge caliper, stitch monitor, trim monitor, and sequential on/off.