Lay flat saddle stitched books

[hondarr9]

Does anyone know who makes the device that you put saddle stitched books into after they are assembled that somehow makes them lay perfectly flat? I was at a demo for a Duplo bookletmeker a few years ago and was shown this device. I thought it was made by Duplo but there is nothing about it on their website. It was an off-line device. We are making some books that will go through the mail and the way they are I think the post office will have a problem with them. Has anyone else seen or heard of this device? Thanks.

[SnappySteve]

Does anyone know who makes the device that you put saddle stitched books into after they are assembled that somehow makes them lay perfectly flat? I was at a demo for a Duplo bookletmeker a few years ago and was shown this device. I thought it was made by Duplo but there is nothing about it on their website. It was an off-line device. We are making some books that will go through the mail and the way they are I think the post office will have a problem with them. Has anyone else seen or heard of this device? Thanks.

Most of the equipment we have seen to do "lay-flat" puts a box score on the spine, so it ends up laying more like a perfect bound product than a saddle stitch. We have not ever seen a stand alone machine to do it offline / after the fact. Did you maybe see one of their bookletmakers that performed the box score on the spine inline?

[hondarr9]

No its was definetly offline. I did come across this one online but it looks to be sold in India. This was about what I looked at though. See link below

Book Spine Flatten Press products, buy Book Spine Flatten Press products from alibaba.com

[SnappySteve]

Must just be running through pressure rolls of some sort - never have seen one of those. What's your quantity?

[markhunt]

This may be the device you're looking for:
http://www.watkiss.com/brochures/spm_usa_lr.pdf

Mark
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[hondarr9]

Yes thats exactly what I'm talking about. markhunt, are you from Standard, Horizon? We have a SPF 20. I take it there is no inline solution for our machine?

[markhunt]

Yes, I'm with Standard and we represent Horizon throughout NA.

I've been told this "squareback" module can be rolled-up to an SPF-20, but I've not seen it done. I recommend contacting your local Standard dealer, who may have the answer or he can escalate the question through his sales manager. Or, reply privately with contact particulars and location and we'll have someone contact you.

Thanks,

Mark
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Mark Hunt | Director of Marketing
Standard Finishing Systems
978 289 5444 direct | 978 886 1784 cell
mark.hunt@sdmc.com | www.standardfinishing.com | Mark Hunt (ThinkFinishing) on Twitter

binders | folders | saddlestitchers | collators | cutters | pre/post | inserters

[JoWatkiss]

I can confirm that the unit (the Automatic SpineMaster) is manufactured by Watkiss. You can see details on our website www.watkiss.com.

I can also confirm that the Automatic SpineMaster can be connected to a Horizon SPF20, with a full communications interface. We have a number of customers already using this.

Mark - if you want to contact Paul Attew, we can discuss supply.

Regards,
Jo Watkiss

[JoWatkiss]

And ... you don't just have to use the unit online. You can hand-feed booklets into it also.

[hondarr9]

Thanks Markhunt and JoWatkiss. JoWatkiss I'm sure you would rather not discuss price on here, but before I get ownership involved, can you give me a ballpark MSRP? Under $5000usd? or over?