StitchLiner Mark III
Intelligent Finishing Systems will unveil the Horizon StitchLiner Mark III and the Horizon BQ-480 perfect binder for the first time in the UK at IPEX 2017.
The Mark III is 30% faster than Horizon’s StitchLiner 5500, being equipped with a new 12.1″ HD colour touch screen and offering fully automated job set up in under a minute. There is quicker and more precise knife movement and variable thickness production with new Hohner 52/8S stitching heads as standard. Complete with servo drive technology, the system runs at a maximum speed of 6,000 bph and up to 12,000 bph with two-up production. It is also capable of producing A4 landscape booklets at speeds of up to 5,300 bph.
‘The fact it takes a flat sheet and transforms it into a booklet in one pass eliminates separate production stages for faster turnaround,’ explained Bryan Godwyn, IFS managing director. ‘It is also suitable for litho and digital printed sheets and hybrid booklet production making it an ideal system for operations looking to streamline their binderies and improve production efficiency.’
The Horizon BQ-480 has a claimed maximum production speed of 800 bph for book of one production (2.5 times faster than BQ-470). There is also a new BBF-480 book block feeder option for fully automated book block feeding.
‘Today production runs are so diverse that having a highly automated, intuitive and fast system allows short runs and runs of one, to be smoothly and cost effectively produced,’ commented Mr Godwyn. ‘As well as an increased production speed, the BQ-480 is faster to set up, supporting increased production capacity.’
IPEX 2017 takes place from October 31 to November 3 at the Birmingham NEC.
