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Gathering
and Wire Stitcher
The
gathering and wire-stitching machine serves for the economical
production of saddle-stitched brochures like magazines, TV, guides,
timetables catalogs, lists and similar printed matter.
Functional
Groups
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The gathering and wire-stitching
machine comprises the following functional groups.
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Stitching machine with two
stitching heads or handling two stable sizes
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Counter for continuous counting of
the stitched brochures.
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Belt delivery for delivering the
finished brochures
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Sheet-gathering chain with 2-6
feeding stations (optional)
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Drive for the connection with
automatic feeders (special attachment-optional)
- When handling medium sizes and
favourable paper, the maximum speed of the gathering and
wire-stitching machine is up to 4,000 cycles per hour
Signature
and cover sheets are dropped on a circulating gathering chain and
conveyed to the stitching station the spine from the outside to the
inside with the wire staples.
The
two stitching heads fo stitchings with two staples are arranged under
a hinged guard. These can be easily set to the thickness of the
material to be stitched and to changes of the distance between the
staples.
Two
exchangeable stapling devices are supplied, one of them for thin and
the other one for thicker wire-gauge. After the stitching operation,
which can be performed with staggered or un-staggered position of the
staples, the brochures are delivered in imbricated form a belt
delivery.
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