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Signature Collators
The height of the transport conveyor flites can be supplied anywhere between 30 to 70 mm depending upon the thickness of the collated sets. In extreme cases it is possible to provide a customised conveyor to handle collated book sets up to 140 mm. Automatic conveyor knock-up belts ensure that a well registered set is transferred to the in-line Exit Delivery Conveyor/Stacker. The EDC unit will collect the collated sets in multiple stacks with each stack between 70 and 100 mm deep. When the first stacking position is full, the EDC will automatically move forward one position along the conveyor. The EDC can be supplied with 4, 6 or 8 stacking positions giving a combined depth of up to 800 mm. The EDC is easily and safely uploaded without the need to stop the collator, or the machine will alert the operator by stopping when all stacking positions are full. An optional offset stacking facility to separate each collated set can be added as required.
Continuous production
between 3,000 and
4,000 cycles per
hour can be achieved
subject to the number
of feed stations chosen.
The standard format is
320 x 350 mm with a
minimum size of 148 x
210 mm. Both larger
and smaller formats
can be accommodated
by special request.
The market for gathering sections appears
to be dominated by several larger producers
of this equipment, all offering more
expensive and more operator intensive
equipment. The Col-Tec Signature collator
is aimed at those companies looking to
add a low cost automatic gatherer as their
primary collator or, as an addition to their
existing perfect binding lines that are either
fully occupied with work or take too long to
change for short run jobs.
Signature collation
Upto 4,000 cycles per hour
Tilting deep pile feeders
Continuous loading
From 4 to 24 stations
Customised specifications
Exit delivery offset stacker up to 800 mm
Col-Tec have adapted their versatile design
to produce a collator ideally suited to the
collation of heavier and bulky items such
as signatures, stitched and perfect bound
books etc. Deep pile feeders are fitted with
adjustable back and side guides to support
the product the entire depth of its stack.
Automatic tilt adjustable deep pile feed
tables allow the feeders to be stacked to a
good depth by maintaining a straight level
at the pick-up edge. This means the angle
of the table auotmatically compensates
for any bulking at the spine when stacking
material.
Col-Tec Interface
Col-Tec have developed an in-line interfacebetween their Signature collator and
perfect binding equipment. This affords
considerable flexibility of production and
the resulting design specification now
enables the following advantages:
Folded sections can be delivered direct into
a perfect binder clamp which automatically
starts once the book is registered
automatically to the backstop.Col-Tec can
also produce booklets with die-cut shapes
either inline or offl ine from their collator
range.
With Col-Tec you can literally have it both
ways. Run the collator to the right into a Perfect Binder or switch running direction to the left
into a booklet maker or film wrapping
machine.
Col-Tec are constantly seeking to improve the design and production
of it's equipment
and this web-site should not be regarded as an infallible guide to current specifications
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