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the OVERflow
PhotobookShop installs new Horizon BQ-500
Rapidly-growing PhotobookShop has installed a new Horizon
BQ-500 iCE next generation perfect binder, supplied by Currie Group, to support its increasing workload.
Peter Thomas, director of the Melbourne-based PhotobookShop, tells Print21, “We are a B2C business and we have thousands of clients across Australia and
New Zealand, so we print and bind a lot of photobooks.” Within its 10 years in operation, PhotobookShop has outgrown two factories, while adding 70 products to its range and 50 new staff members to its team.
PhotobookShop is already using Horizon binding lines, Thomas said. “We needed to upgrade our older units, and it made sense to stick with
New at PhotobookShop: Horizon BQ-500
Horizon for our new equipment.” The Horizon BQ-500 iCE
perfect binder is designed to increase productivity, increase automation, and increase quality control over a wider range of substrates, regardless of run length, even down to book-of-one.
The company installed the new machine at its production centre in Reservoir, Victoria. “The BQ-500 has been running really well, and we have been happy with it so far,” Thomas said. “Generally speaking, it’s been an easy transition to the new machine, and the learning curve on it isn’t too steep.”
The BQ-500 is the first perfect binder to come equipped with iCE Link, Horizon’s new cloud-based JDF workflow and job management tool. It features an improved and easy-to-use 12.1-inch touchscreen for quick setup,
and ergonomic design for what Horizon says is an efficient, operator-friendly operation, and an enhanced delivery system for thin books.
Thomas said, “The installation process, which happened around mid-March, went off without a hitch, and took about a week all up to complete. The training was great, the staff from Currie Group went above and beyond their standard requirements to make sure our team knew exactly what to do.”
The BQ-500 is the most productive binder in the Horizon portfolio. In addition, productivity is further increased on longer runs with decreased setup time and improved system efficiencies. It is also designed for book-of-one production runs.
The BQ-500 supports both EVA and PUR hotmelt, two different tanks interchangeable for each glue type. 21
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