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BOOKBINDING / BOOKMAKING PAPER PADDERS

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Padding is the process of using glue to bind a stack of sheets together. Stacks
Bookbinding/bookmaking is one of the most commonly found finishing processes in the print industry. The techniques of paper, clamped into place, have liquid glue (padding compound) applied to the
used in binding generally consist of either mechanical binding, saddle stitching, case binding or perfect binding. Each back of the stack with a brush. Once the glue has dried, pads are removed from
method uses a binding machine and binding supplies for fastening individual sheets together.
the press. They are often cut into smaller sized sheets and separated into pads of
predetermined thicknesses.
Bookbinding equipment can be manual or automatic, it can be used for short-run jobs, in-house documents, and
high-speed production runs. Some mechanical binders even offer combination machines. Educational textbooks, Padding presses have replaced the blocks, bricks, and boards of yesterday and are
entertainment programs, company catalogues, cookbooks, phone directories and calendars are just a few examples of available in both table-top and portable floor-model options. Most commonly found
what bookbinding produces. Let Cortech help you to create professional reports, presentation materials and books with with carbonless forms and notepads, sheets can be easily removed from the pad, or
our full range of bookletmaking machines and supplies.
a perf can be added to each sheet before it is assembled, creating tear-away pages.
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BINDERS

FEATURING: RHIN-O-TUFF BINDING SYSTEM

Mechanical binding is the most basic and the most secure form of binding.
It has lay-flat properties and includes binding types such as plastic comb,
spiral coil, double-loop wire and loose leaf binding. BOOKLETMAKERS
For comb, coil, and wire binding, a series of holes is punched along the FEATURING: SPF/FC-200A
binding edge. The binding element is then inserted into the holes and
closed off. With loose leaf binding, sheets inserted into a three-ring binder Bookletmaking is generally used with low page count, short-life publications such as promotional literature, calendars,
can easily be removed, re-inserted or added to at a later time.
reports, instruction manuals and magazines.
Cortech’s punching and binding equipment ranges from small manual Booklets are commonly saddle stitched, centre-folded and face or fore-edge trimmed, often using a self-cover which
desktop and electric units through to large fully automated modular has been printed on slightly heavier stock. They can be produced manually using a stapler; however, a bookletmaker
punching and binding systems. Punch the holes, add a cover, insert your simplifies the process.
binding spine, and you have an inexpensive, professional looking booklet
ready for distribution. 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
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booklet. Booklets are easy to produce and the only limitation is your imagination; be creative - and let Cortech help.

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FEATURING: M19G20

Stitching is the means of joining pages together by driving thin metal wire through PERFECT BINDERS
the body of a publication along the binding edge.
FEATURING: BQ-470
Stitching machines use spools of wire to stitch the spine in either a saddle, flat (side)
or corner stitch position. Saddle stitching creates booklets that can be opened Perfect binding uses an adhesive material to bind gathered pages and the book cover together.
up flat. Side stitching has staples driven through the spine edge of the document.
Although pages tend not to open flat with side stitching, a larger number of sheets Most often used to produce a soft cover or paperback book, perfect binding can also be used in conjunction with case
can be bound. 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
Commonly used for stitching pads, cheque books and invoice forms, Cortech has the glue coverage and reinforcing the bind.
stitchers available that can stitch from two sheets up to 1-1/4” thickness. Found
in graphic arts/printing and industrial production shops, stitchers provide an Cortech has perfect binding machines for both entry level and trade bindery production – offering anywhere from 180 to
economical option for bookletmaking. 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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