Print company Birtwells has installed three VAC 600H Collators from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).
The Accrington-based business, which produces digital work on a Konica Minolta C7000 and a Heidelberg Versafire, also invested in PJ75 Horizon Joggers for easy paper handling.
The new machines are like-for-like replacements, equipped with Horizon’s rotary suction feeders. They can be placed in-line with Horizon bookletmaking systems and feature a high-power double feed detect sensor and image checking system.
‘About 80% of our work is collating and NCR sets and 20% booklets,’ managing director Nick Birtwell explained. ‘We have three collating towers on our bookletmaker and three stand-alone towers. It was time to replace the stand-alone towers and it was an easy decision to invest in Horizon again.
‘They are well built reliable towers and they suit us really well. They were quickly and easily installed. We have seen runs getting smaller and the easy to set up and operate collators enable us to complete the work more flexibly.’
