Spiel Associates showed a prototype of its new COILMASTER JR. tabletop automatic plastic coil binder. It will insert coil into a book from the first hole onwards and then cut and crimp automatically. It can bind books between 8mm and 22mm automatically at speeds of up to 500 books per hour.
Standard Finishing Systems was running a Standard Horizon AFC-544AKT floor model folder. It offers advanced setup automation through a user-friendly color touch-screen control panel, which displays fold formats and sheet sizes for easy selection. Up to one hundred different job settings can be stored in memory, and automated setup can be accomplished in 14 seconds. The AFC-546AKT can handle a maximum sheet length of 43.3˝ at speeds up to 35,000 sheets per hour.