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Print Finishing (Binding, Folding, Inserting, Stitching, etc.)
News Release from: Graphic Arts Equipment | Subject: Horizon Stitchliner
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2004
Browns Stitches Up Finishing With
Horizon
Oldham printer Browns CTP has made a significant upgrade to its finishing department with the installation of a new Horizon Stitchliner automated saddle-stitching production line.
Oldham printer Browns CTP has made a significant upgrade to its finishing department with the installation of a new Horizon Stitchliner automated saddle-stitching production line from Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) The new system replaces a Horizon SPF/FC-20 line, which Browns managing director Andrew Brown sees as a logical progression
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 7 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We're an all Heidelberg house, except our booklet-making and stitch-folding, which has always been Horizon.
They are excellent machines which have always performed well for us, and suited our work profile - which is mainly high quality brochure work," he said.
The company saw the benefits of having an all-in-one inline system that had to be Horizon, he added.
The main components of the Stitchliner system are the VAC-Turbo power collating platform, the ST-40 stacker and by-pass unit, the ACF-30 register and plough folder, SPF-30 saddle-stitcher and the HTS-30 three-knife trimmer.
As one of the new generation of intelligently interfaced i2i systems, it features automated set-ups via a touch-screen control panel and job changeovers for the entire line can be accomplished in less than two minutes.
"It can be operated by just one person, and they don't need to take much time learning how, because the machine has highly intuitive controls.
We get consistently good results from it, and because everything is inline, we don't waste time moving a job from place to place.
It also saves space, because it has a smaller footprint than the alternatives," said Brown.
Browns CTP has attained an annual £4.2m turnover and 20 staff since it was formed in 2001.
The company has B1, B2 and B3 presses plus full origination, CTP and finishing to produce as much as possible in-house.
The company added that it would expect the Stitchliner to pay for itself within a year through savings on outwork costs alone.
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