Finishing & Screen Printing
New 3692 Gathering Machine from Muller Martini
Tuesday 08. October 2013 - For Reliable and Convenient Gathering
The new 3692 gathering machine from Muller Martini enables small and medium-sized perfect binding jobs to be performed even more efficiently thanks to its ease of use and great size variability. Its highlights include the patented book verification system, which automatically prevents production with incorrectly set-up signatures.
With run sizes declining, time-saving changeovers, the ability to reach optimal performance levels quickly and uninterrupted production are vital in perfect binding to ensure that as many jobs as possible can be reliably and efficiently completed in each shift. The new 3692 gathering machine from Muller Martini, which can be used in the Pantera and Alegro A6 perfect binding lines as the successor to the 1571 gathering machine, is ideally designed to meet such requirements.
Compact and Ergonomic with Quick Changeovers
The new gathering machine is highly compact, since the elements contain four stations by default, which means that it saves a lot of space. It is can also be loaded and operated ergonomically on both sides, allowing you to load on one side and simultaneously prepare the next job on the other side during production. That reduces job changeover times considerably and increases the cost-effectiveness of the entire perfect binding line.
Using the pivoted central touchscreen, production-related data can be easily entered into the system and saved, and the production process can be monitored. That eliminates the need to move around the line assemblies and also reduces job changeover times significantly. The quality assurance systems, i.e. the Asac Signature Thickness Measurement System and the Asir Optical Scanning System, are also operated from the same unit. For settings specific to the feeder, the HMI panels are located directly on the gathering machine unit.
To ensure high quality, Muller Martini’s patented book verification system, which prevents production with incorrectly set-up signatures, is integrated into the new 3692 gathering machine. AsirCode allows you to check that production is complete and the sequence of signatures is correct, including the cover. The relevant information is read off from AsirCode, so it is not necessary to connect to an external PC or prepress. AsirCode prevents production with incorrectly set-up signatures.
The benefits of the new 3692 gathering machine include its great size variability, as well as reliable signature separation. The spacious feeding drums ensure the secure processing of signatures with large widths, for example A4 oblong sizes.