Auxiliary Equipment Brings Folding Machine to Brilliant Reproduction (I)

(Accessories Add Sparkle) In addition to traditional indentation, slitting, and perforation processing functions, the requirements for the processing function of the folding machine have also been addressed by satisfying card pasting inserts, inserts with stickers, plow folding, etc. More processing requirements. Printers and processors are always looking for devices that make the folding process easy to operate, quick to set up, short to prepare, and fully functional. Expensive equipment will obviously greatly increase the status of the original humble folding machine. The functional requirements of the folding machines mentioned above are mostly first proposed by customers. For example, the vacuum table can make the sampling of printed products and the folding of plastic sheets easier. The requirements of customers for folding and bookbinding industries have affected the manufacture of folding machines. Equipment manufacturers must develop more functional folding equipment to meet various post-press processing requirements. First of all, these new folding machines are required to have a modular design function, so that the paper feeding device and the folding machine can be disassembled to ensure that each device on the printing and moving production line has the mobility flexibility. This requirement for folding machines is due to the fact that it has become impossible for modern bookbinding production to use only one set of equipment to process only one fixed product. As more and more traditional folding operations are completed online with web presses, there are now some special product processing requirements, such as complex self-adhesive mails, inserts with reply envelopes, and so on. This kind of mail that requires replying requires regular cutting, special edition, sampling, and use of a database-driven ink-jet device that can accurately locate printing addresses, etc. during processing. KEPES's M7 Special folding machine has four different diameter folding rollers for different grammage papers to choose from and offers up to 16 folding plate options. Special product folding process, the folding width up to 63 inches. Zero-ready gate folding boards are becoming more popular on folding machines. The folding gauge is controlled by a button, and it can also be used as a swing deflector, so that it is not necessary to remove the grid folding plate and then install the swing deflection plate. This work usually requires two people to complete on a large folder. The delivery system is often overlooked. If this part fails to develop in sync with the folding machine, then even faster and more automated folding equipment may not be able to play its full role. Heidelberg has succeeded in using its Vertical Stack Delivery VSA.D. The device functions include counts from single sheets to batch prints, cross cut sheets and double folds, and take-up of four-fold products. The vertical stack delivery device SBP.D has the same function as the VSA.D., except that the folded folder is collected upward and is folded over the folding edge. Due to the lack of qualified operators in the US printing market, customers are seeking more automation and no labor-intensive processing equipment to respond to customers. Heidelberg has developed 20-inch Stahl TD52 and 30-inch TD78 folding machines. The TD52 folding machine features standard functions such as a sheet feeder with TREMAT, a fully automatic folding folder, an automatically adjustable side scale, and the DCT2000 Easy Console. The TD78 has the same standard features and comes with a continuous paper feeder. Continuous and/or stacked delivery is a common choice for printers and binders, and on-line gluing is often required. The ability of the folding machine to complete the folding of small books is very popular. The processing of reply envelopes is only one of many modern processing types. The processing of these different types of products can now be done online on a folding machine with a modern gluing system. Requires easier operation, higher costs, smaller margins, and lack of skilled operators are forcing the printing industry (including machine tool manufacturers) not only to have higher productivity equipment, but also to require easy operation. On-demand printing is demanding a folding machine that can be set by the computer, and becomes a necessary configuration of the equipment. The higher return on this kind of device brings a faster set-up and easier operation, resulting in higher output. The Shoei folding machine produced by LDR is outstanding in computer-aided setup. The standard configuration can be used to set manual and automatic folding plates, as well as setting the folding roller calipers. Customers are making a satisfactory return on investment by using more auxiliary equipment such as compacting/stacking machines, packing and packing machines, and gluing systems. The new BA-900 wrapper/wrapping machine provided by MBO America can process one-fold, two-fold, three-fold, and four-fold printing. The current shortage of labor, especially in the area of ​​post-press processing, has prompted customers to find more easily operated, more electronically controlled and low-cost equipment. For example, MBO's Perfection folder allows printers to increase productivity by 20% to 25%. The device is equipped with a computer adjustment system, Rapidset, which has a complete set of guidance displays for all settings such as folding roller setting, slitting axis and side gauge settings. At Graph Expo 2000, MBO exhibited its Navigator system for the first time, along with a 15-inch touchscreen monitor. Using PLC technology, Perfection folding machines can also be combined into digital printing workflows. Its software support provides operators with operational fault guidance. In addition, corporate managers, workshop foremen, and engineers no longer need to search for documents such as manuals, parts manuals, wiring diagrams, imposition catalogs, and folding tips, because all documents have been digitized. The market is looking for a high-speed folding processing system that has a higher level of automation and can reduce labor. Only a single console control can be used to complete a variety of post-printing tasks online. Profold's GPS4000 can meet the needs of the printing industry.