PRESS RELEASE
02 April 2006
WATKISS POWERSQUARE™ 200
A new and innovative 'complete book making system'.
The Watkiss PowerSquare™200 is a new and innovative complete book
making system for digital print applications. In a single machine it
combines the four processes of stitching, folding, spine forming and
trimming to produce SquareBack™ books up to 200 pages thick. It features
fully automatic setting for different book sizes, including variable
stitch leg length for varying book thickness.
The maximum book thickness, of 10mm (200 pages 80gsm), is double that
of alternative conventional booklet making machines, making it ideally
suited to higher paginations or to thicker stocks. This makes the
PowerSquare™200 a fast and cost effective alternative to perfect binding
or tape binding. Since it will also produce books from only a few sheets,
it provides a single book making solution for documents from 8 through to
200 pages.
Digital print applications frequently use heavier stocks and need the
flexibility to produce a wider range of finished books from a single
process, with little or no operator intervention – the PowerSquare™ is a
perfect match.
Key benefits:
- Less capital outlay
- Less manual handling between different finishing devices
- Less floor space requirement
- Less operator training
- Produces high quality finished books
A single solution
The PowerSquare™ is a single solution for books from 8 – 200 pages. No
other book making system offers this flexibility. It requires less capital
outlay since one machine will finish virtually all production. It has the
added advantage that printed sheets require less manual handling between
different finishing devices.
SquareBack™ books
The finished SquareBack books have the superior square-spined
appearance of a perfect bound book, but with the security of a stitched
spine. They lie flat and are easy to pack, stack and handle. There is no
risk of loose pages and you can print on the spine.
Consistent, quality stitching
The PowerSquare™ has a single stitch head which will insert one to six
stitches in the spine of the book. The stitch head and clincher are static
- the sheets move to the stitch, not vice versa. This means the stitch
head and clincher never have to be moved so alignment and stitch quality
is consistently good.
The position of the stitches is set via the Graphical User Interface, with
no manual adjustment, and the length of wire draw (i.e. stitch leg length)
is automatically adjusted according to the thickness of the book.
Online or Offline
The PowerSquare™ is available in online or offline versions. Online
versions include automatic sheet rotation to suit the book making process
whilst maximising printing speed. As an offline version, it can be hand
fed, providing a flexible book making solution which is instantly ready.
At Ipex, the PowerSquare™ is being shown online to the new Océ
VarioPrint 6250 printer. Both are ground breaking state-of-the-art new
products, which perfectly compliment one another to provide and
extraordinarily powerful printing and finishing system.
Space-saving ergonomic design
The PowerSquare™ has a very small floorspace requirement -
significantly less than alternative book finishing methods. What’s more,
when operating online to a printer, the finished books are delivered close
to the normal operator position – not several metres ‘down the line’.
The Watkiss PowerSquare™ is an elegant solution with double the
capability of previous technologies - books can be up to 10mm thick (200pp
80gsm) - and it produces high quality square-spined SquareBack books.
Press Contact
Jo Watkiss
Watkiss Automation Limited
Watkiss House, Blaydon Road
Sandy, Beds. SG19 1RZ England
Tel.: +44 (0)1767 685700
Fax.: +44 (0)1767 689900
Email: jowatkiss@watkiss.com
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