The Ins And Outs Of Binderies And Cutters

The Ins And Outs Of Binderies And Cutters Related Information:

Now that you’re seriously thinking about purchasing a cutter, it’s important that you learn some of the specific parts that make up these machines that are so useful for highly productive businesses and printing companies. Take a few minutes to run through this brief breakdown of parts that are related to paper cutters and binderies. It’s a good idea to be able to get the concept of each piece, so that you can deal with any related issue that might arise relating to the machine as a whole.

You can cut paper before you print it to make perfectly square sheets and before you collate, fold, die-cut, or ship so long as the images are printed in multiples, like “work-and-turn” or “work-and-tumble” impositions. As for the cutters, the most popular is the ”guillotine” or “strait” cutter, available in multiple sizes and models ranging from those that are to be operated by a mechanist as well as digital ones designed to be operated from a key pad.

All of these kinds of cutters have a knife, a bed or table, side guides, a back gauge, and a clamp. The “knife”, which is bolted to a knife bar, is mounted near the front of the cutter. The “bed” is a flat metal table where the paper is placed for cutting. When you’re positioning a sheet, which is really important for accurate squaring and cutting, you will use the side bar and back gauge.

You’ll also want to know that the clamp is a metal bar, positioned parallel to and slightly behind the knife. It compresses the pile of paper and holds it still during cutting. It indicates the position of cuts, the sequence, final size, and any other pertinent information. You then put the paper that you want to cut on a “hydromat” three-knife hydraulic trimmer.

You can set the spacing of the cutter back gauge for the first cut, or for the whole sequence if your cutter has automatic spacing. You should wind and jog the first lift to avoid sticking and to align press sheet guide edges. Then the lift is stacked against the cutter’s side guide and back gauge, and finally, the clamp and knife are activated and the sheets are cut.

You can control automatic spacing by using magnetic tape; but the modern high-speed guillotine cutters have microcomputer, controlled spacing. Some even have memory to store programs for later use. Would this be something your company might need? These cutters are designed for high-speed, high-volume production cutting, and in most binderies, they include auxiliary devices, like pile lifts, automatic loaders and unloaders, sheet joggers, conveyor lines, and vacuum waste chutes. Guillotine cutters have built-in safety features, such as two “on” buttons, a non-repeating knife, safety bolts, and “electric eyes” (optical eyes), which trigger a dead stop when an object breaks their light path. Paper on the bed or table does not interrupt the optical sensor’s light path.

Now that you’ve run through these descriptions, you’re ready to move on and begin browsing online paper cutter providers. There are many online places where you can buy a paper cutter. You’ll want to browse a number of them before making a purchase, and now, you have the tools to purchase with knowledge.