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On automatic punching: Holes and how we make them
A customer calls and says that he wants to buy a threehole punch, but I tell him that he really does not. To avoid the risk of falling into an Abbott-and-Costello routine, I explain to him that a drill uses rotating drill bits to drill through paper and a punch uses reciprocating male and female dies to push through paper. A solid punch pin pushes paper through a female hole and the waste exits below. A drill cuts the paper while spinning and the waste is ejected up through its hollow shaft and exits through the top.
Seminar - How to automate your mechanical binding department
David Spiel’s Print ‘01 Seminar: Automating Your Mechanical Binding Department
How many of you are printers? Now, how many of you have pre-press departments that look like the Starship Enterprise while your bindery looks like the boiler room of the Titanic? Well, you’re not alone and there’s a reason for it.
 
 

Editorial mentions of Spiel Associates

Examining the State of the Bindery
1/1/08 - In-Plant Graphics
WHILE HARDWARE and software manufacturers have yet to devise a tonic that can cure the hung-over stitcher operator, many aspects of postpress efficiency have been adequately addressed...depending upon whom you ask. Some feel we have made leaps and bounds...
Graph Expo: A Strong Finish
11/1/07 - In-Plant Graphics
THERE ARE two sets of attendees walking the show floor at Graph Expo. The first type has done his/her homework, knows all the primary players for a given product, has whittled down the equipment choices to a short list, and is at the show to...
Collator Buying Tips
5/1/06 - In-Plant Graphics
Selecting a Collator:

If there is a big difference in price, there is usually a reason. It is always good to test the equipment on equal footing and speak to owners about what they like or dislike about the system they own and what drove...