Finishing & Screen Printing
Coventry Bookbinders extends its folding capacity to break bottleneck
Friday 17. October 2008 - Two new Stahl folders are about to be delivered to Coventry Bookbinders. The finishing specialist is taking a TH82 buckle and KH 78 combination folder with an additional knife unit. Both machines have been equipped with the latest generation of touch screen controls with automated roller settings and folding catalogue.
“We needed to overcome a bottleneck in folding. Currently only one of our folders can handle the 16pp sections but with the two new folders both will handle 16 and 32pp sections so we double the output, speeding work through to stitching and binding lines,” says Karl Henley, managing director of the specialist finishing company.
“We will also be able to handle the full range of folds and impositions across the two machines, giving us maximum flexibility. “Everyone is an instant printer these days and we have had to become an instant finisher to support our customers needs.”
The automated rollers will improve makeready times and prolong the roller life by ensuring accurate roller pressures for work. The company has also elected to take a double gate fold unit for the buckle machine. This gives it comprehensive folding capacity.
Coventry Bookbinders takes in sheet and web work from printers throughout the UK. It offers cutting, folding, stitching, perfect binding , both hot melt and PUR, drilling, shrink wrapping and ram bundling as well as hand and benchwork.