Collators Put Your Papers In Order

Adapting To Short Runs

Collators are extremely useful—and popular—devices for in-plants. According to a recent IPG survey, 81 percent of in-plants have collators. But with short-run, on-demand work increasingly filling in-plants' workloads, modern collators have had to adapt.

"Shorter run lengths mandate quick setups and changeovers," acknowledges Don Dubuque, product manager for Standard Finishing Systems. As a result, collating systems have had to become even more automated.