Coil Binder Saves Time and Energy at Santee Cooper

With more than four years of experience leading in-plant production at Santee Cooper, Sapko, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications Technology, is "in the know" on equipment and technologies.

In November of 2008, the in-plant installed, on Sapko's recommendation, a Sterling Coilmaster Jr., from Spiel Associates, a compact, high-speed plastic coil binder. This tabletop unit automatically inserts coil into the book from the first hole onwards. It then cuts and crimps automatically. The Coilmaster Jr. allows for the speedy binding of books with margins of up to 3⁄16˝, with round or oval holes. Users can bind books up to 22 mm in diameter at 500 books per hour without any tooling.