Post-press on-demand binding and on-demand printing integration

The most compelling aspect of Drupa 2000's post-press processing industry is the on-demand bookbinding technology and equipment that comes on-line or off-line with the printing press. For example, Martino's Acoro is a post-press press processed according to traditional process requirements. Binding glue binding motives are required. In addition, companies such as Océ, Xerox, and Bielomatic have launched various on-demand bookbinding equipment at Drupa.

When it comes to on-demand binding, digital printing cannot be ignored because it is the emergence and promotion of digital printing that has led to on-demand binding.

If you use digital printing, you must first remove excess water from the paper. However, once the paper loses its original moisture, it will shrink and deform. After printing, the paper will re-expand due to the compensation for moisture. Booked, placed for a period of time, the paper will produce ripples or wrinkles. At the Drupa exhibition, people saw such stapled samples exhibited by some of the major digital printers. If vertical staples were used to print bound books, the situation would be even worse.

Océ company made important progress in the above aspects. Océ introduced Weko-RFD, an on-line integrated system for printing and digital printing. The Rotor Damping System is used for digital printing. This device can compensate for the loss of moisture in the paper and return it to its original state, effectively eliminating paper. Wrinkle. The dampening device detects the motion of the paper roll via a sensor.

The wetting device can be flexibly mounted on the supports on both sides of the machine, and each side is independent from each other.

Hunkeler introduced a variety of on-demand bookbinding configuration solutions from companies including Océ, IBM, Nipson, and Xerox at the show.

Xerox's on-demand production hard cover book processing machine demonstrated at the exhibition left a deep impression on people. The upper seal is simple, and the investment is moderate. It adopts computer-controlled embossing and the cover and the core real.

Bielomatic launched the new Bookmaster 360 hardcover book on-demand bookbinding machine, capable of finishing binding processing of 360 hardcover books per hour. After the book block is fed into the machine, the edge of the book block is trimmed and passes through two fan-shaped devices. Complete the glue into a book (this is the best technique to make the book open and flatten out). The machine also has the functions of completing the book core winding, sticking the gauze and the plug cloth, and covering and binding the cover and the book block.