Plockmatic Group has announced the release of its new BM4000 Series bookletmakers.
The new bookletmakers can produce from A4 landscape and 297x297mm booklets down to A6 books. In addition, they offer corner or edge stapling as standard, plus a SquareBack finish.
The Plockmatic BM4000 Series can staple and fold booklets of up to 140 pages (BM4035) or 200 pages (BM4050). Both models handle A6 size booklets up to A4 landscape and the 297x297mm format. Plockmatic has designed these bookletmakers to work with low to mid volume digital production printers.
The company says the new machines deliver booklets of exceptional quality. They handle long printed sheets to produce a variety of work, including the popular A4 landscape format. Also, operators can produce corner or edge stapled documents along with regular spine stapling.
Options
For booklets of up to 200 pages, operators can either hand feed in the most basic configuration or feed using the Plockmatic VFX high-capacity dual bin feeder.
Another option, the Crease and Side Trim module (CST), allows full bleed production with no need to side trim sheets on the guillotine prior to production. The system supports printed sheets of up to 660mm long (without the CST creasing and side slitting module) or 620mm (with CST). You can add bar code reading to the feeder to ensure set integrity or for variable data or variable sheet count booklets.
In a new design, Plockmatic has produced the combined square folding and face trimming unit in a single compact module. Square folding functionality enables bookletmaking on a wide range of media and booklet thickness.
For larger volume production, Plockmatic has a high capacity belt stacker as a practical option. You can configure it with straight or in a 90-degree angle. It attaches after the standard output tray. This allows for long unattended runs and stacks up to 1,000 A4 booklets of four pages.
Heavy duty stapling
The heavy duty staple mechanism, designed for durability and maintenance free, uses a patented solution that eliminates periodic service intervals. With its adjustable staple and fold position, the BM4000 series has a patented set positioning mechanism. This allows the operator to adjust the staple position in the direction of travel via the intuitive user interface.
Vacuum feeder
The Plockmatic VFX is a two tray, high capacity vacuum feeder, capable of feeding a range of paper types and weights, with sheets up to 660mm. The unit is equipped with highly automated vacuum feeding technology specifically designed to handle the widest range of pre-printed media. The Automatic Tray Switching feature enables long unattended runs and the loading of empty trays during a run to achieve maximum productivity.
