What’s New in the Bindery?
Punching
Spiral Binding Co./James Burn USA showed the Alpha-Doc automatic punch, capable of producing up to 48,000 punched sheets per hour. It punches preprinted, collated documents directly from a copier or printer, including mixed stocks from 16 lb. bond to 110 lb. index. A turnover device keeps pre-collated document pages in order. Hands-free operation means operators are free to perform other tasks. Also at the show was the Binding Station 4 in 1, a heavy-duty punch and binding system that will punch and bind plastic comb, coil and Wire-O. It has four different punching dies and three binding stations.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.