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News Release from: null Encore Machinery | Subject: MB prestige Fold Net 52
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 February 2008
Automated Folder Keeps Pace With Presses
When Y Lolfa decided to replace a 14 year-old folder, the company chose an MB Prestigefold, fully-automated folder from Encore Machinery.
The MB prestige Fold Net 52 is claimed to have an automatic set-up system, which includes automatic positioning of the setting elements for the flat pile feeder, fold plate stops, deflector, fold roller, alignment rails and delivery roller Twenty standard parallel and crossfolds are pre-programmed and it is also possible to save the setting data of more than 200 jobs in the program memory
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 19 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is also provides fold correction to within 0.1mm whilst the machine is running.
Paul Williams, production manager of Y Lolfa, said: "We had been using a mechanical folder, which took a long time to set up and adjust and required a specialist folding operator.
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After we bought a Komori 228 two-colour perfector, which operates alongside our four-colour Komori 426 press, the folder was not quick enough to handle the volume of printed material we are producing." Y Lolfa, which is in Aberystwyth (Wales) is a publisher and a commercial printer.
It specialises in Welsh language and tourist publications, publishing between 50 to100 new titles each year.
The commercial side of the business prints a range of material from business cards to magazines for companies in Wales.
Williams, who first saw the MB Prestigefold system being demonstrated at a print exhibition, added: "We realised how much quicker and easier it was to set up than our existing folder.
It doesn't require a specialist folder operator because the set-up is automated and the folds are shown on the display screen.
Once you understand the type of fold you need, the machine does the rest and adjustment is minimal." He explained that the company did not place the order immediately but, as the year progressed and the bottlenecks increased, it was decided to make the investment.
As well as being three times faster than the company's old machine, one of the benefits of the new folder is its versatility.
And Williams continued: "We specified a configuration with six folds on the first unit and four folds on the second, which means it folds A4, A5 and 200mm x 200mm square books, as well as commercial print." Williams explained: "The machine is very quick and this is useful to keep up with the four-colour press and the perfector.
We can fold an A4 sheet at 20,000 an hour, which is faster than one operator can take them off the conveyor and box them.
We can also put repetitive jobs or types of fold in the memory, so we can come back to it again a week later and just bring it up on screen.
The folder automatically sets itself up and off it goes.
This can be very useful for book work.
Four operators can now run the machine as well as me, which gives us maximum flexibility as they are all multi-tasking." And he concluded: "The installation was very straight forward.
The people at Encore know what they are talking about, which is very reassuring.
We had a good training session and more often than not Encore sorts out any queries over the telephone, although the folder is proving to be very reliable.".
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