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BOOKBINDING / BOOKMAKING

PAPER PADDERS

FEATURING: PADDY WAGON

Padding is the process of using glue to bind a stack of sheets together. Stacks
of paper, clamped into place, have liquid glue (padding compound) applied to the
back of the stack with a brush. Once the glue has dried, pads are removed from
the press. They are often cut into smaller sized sheets and separated into pads of
predetermined thicknesses.
Padding presses have replaced the blocks, bricks, and boards of yesterday and are
available in both table-top and portable floor-model options. Most commonly found
with carbonless forms and notepads, sheets can be easily removed from the pad, or
a perf can be added to each sheet before it is assembled, creating tear-away pages.

BOOKLETMAKERS

FEATURING: SPF/FC-200A

Bookletmaking is generally used with low page count, short-life publications such as promotional literature, calendars,
reports, instruction manuals and magazines.

Booklets are commonly saddle stitched, centre-folded and face or fore-edge trimmed, often using a self-cover which
has been printed on slightly heavier stock. They can be produced manually using a stapler; however, a bookletmaker
simplifies the process.

Cortech has bookletmakers that simply stitch and fold – the operator inserts the pre-collated pages into the
bookletmaker then trims them if needed after they come out. Cortech also has fully automated systems that take
printed sheets placed in collating trays and collates, jogs, stitches, folds and trims the pages to create a finished
booklet. Booklets are easy to produce and the only limitation is your imagination; be creative - and let Cortech help.

PERFECT BINDERS

FEATURING: BQ-160

Perfect binding uses an adhesive material to bind gathered pages and the
book cover together.
Most often used to produce a soft cover or paperback book, perfect binding
can also be used in conjunction with case binding to create a hardcover
book. Sheets are gathered into book blocks, then spines are milled and notched to allow hot glue to penetrate into
the paper fibres. Some perfect binders have both spine and side glue applications, increasing the glue coverage and
reinforcing the bind.
Cortech has perfect binding machines for both entry level and trade bindery production – offering anywhere from 180 to
6,000 books per hour. Of all the different types of binding, perfect binding is the most common type of binding. Cortech
has both EVA and PUR options for you.

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