The Horizon BQ-280 PUR single clamp perfect binder
General commercial printer, Hickling & Squires, has invested in the UK’s first Horizon BQ-280 PUR single clamp perfect binder from Intelligent Finishing Systems.
The latest binder offers an increased spine length of 385 mm and improved milling motor. It was chosen to support a new venture to provide bespoke online ordering of student prospectuses.
‘We have just launched the service to allow prospectuses to be ordered based on the student’s chosen courses,’ explained operations director, Simon Lowe. ‘This enables the educational institutions we work with to create personalised information simply and then we mail them direct to the students.’
The operation runs three Heidelberg Speedmasters and a Xerox iGen4 and as well as specialising in the education arena it also works with a number of clients in the retail sector.
The decision to invest was also aided by a recent perfect binding contract win. Mr Lowe said. ‘It was time to bring the service in house to retain greater control over both the time it takes to complete the work and the costs.
‘Automation was very important in the decision to invest in the perfect binder. We were already sending out a number of small run perfect binding PUR jobs and to bring that in house we needed a solution that was easy to operate and quick to set up. We needed something that could switch from binding a 16 page product to 24 pages and 48 pages.’
The BQ-280 also features automatic nipper height control, smoother PUR book delivery, on screen adjustment height control for glue rollers and spinner as well as adjustable pressure above both scores. It can be supplied with a separate EVA side glue tank as well.
