Undoubtedly in these days of tight margins and ever more demanding customers, print needs to work harder and smarter than ever before. The all new Morgana SquareFold Trimmer (SFT) module is the perfect complement to any in-house print shop or High Street print business looking to add value to a finished booklet.
The industry-first Morgana SFT delivers two functions in one: booklet square-back creation and trimming. Simply insert a stapled and folded booklet into the feeder, and out comes a professionally finished document, with a sharp square folded spine and neatly trimmed front edge.
Commenting on the introduction of this unique finishing solution, Ray Hillhouse, General Manager, UK Operations, Plockmatic Group, said: “Whilst we have now incorporated our patented SquareFold technology into all of our market leading booklet making systems, we felt that there was still a need in the market for a free-standing solution. The SFTunit is ideal for those smaller print operations that don’t produce the larger quantities that we normally come across to offer their customers this high-quality finish that makes any booklet stand out from the crowd.
“Short-run booklets can easily be handfed into the SFT for these final finishing stages that can turn any run-of-the-mill booklet into a publication that will really get noticed.”
Operator Assisted Three-Side Trimming
Not all customers have access to a guillotine, or the time to use one for short-run jobs.
The SFT module can also process booklets for bleed trimming book-by-book in an operator assisted process. Three-side trimmed booklets are now an option for the small print or office installations.
The Look of a Perfect Bound book
The module is equipped with the heavy-duty SquareFold module, similar to that found on the larger Morgana SquareFold booklet making systems. This enables booklets made from a wide variety of paper stocks and sizes to have a perfectly formed square spine, giving the booklet that perfect bound look – as well as making the booklets easier to stack, all at a fraction of the cost.
Wide Application Range
The Morgana SFT has an impressive booklet range, taking product from A6 size through to A4 landscape books. Maximum booklet feed size is 320 x 310mm. The machine can process up to fifty sheets of 80gsm paper stock. Getting professional results from your existing staple-and-fold finisher has never been easier.
The User Interface
The touch-screen interface helps operators of all skill levels get the most out of the system with plenty of graphics and a guided set-up to get things started.
Plockmatic Group develops, manufactures and markets an extensive range of document finishing systems sold under the Plockmatic and Morgana brand names. These products work inline or offline together with the world’s best digital printing systems.
Plockmatic and Morgana make products to mail, fold, crease, perforate and bind documents with extraordinary precision, turning stacks of printed paper into the beautifully finished documents for your customers every day.
Morgana Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Plockmatic International, a part of the Plockmatic Group. The company supplies a wide range of innovative and market leading offline post-press equipment for customers involved in the many and varied activities of the printing industry throughout the world. Equipment is manufactured at a number of Plockmatic owned plants across the globe.
The sales, marketing, and service operations of Morgana Systems are headquartered in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. The business is closely allied to Watkiss Automation, another innovative suppler of post-press equipment owned by Plockmatic Group, based in Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK.
Beginning with the launch of the revolutionary AutoCreaser in 2000, Morgana Systems has led the way in developing new and innovative solutions to cope with the special requirements of the digital printer. Morgana products that have achieved worldwide success during this time include the AutoCreaser Pro range and DigiFold Pro range of integrated creaser/folder solutions. Since its acquisition by Plockmatic in 2013 the product portfolio has been extended with a wide range of booklet making systems to meet every production requirement.
More recent product ranges to find significant success across world markets include the Morgana DigiBook range of PUR perfect binders, and the Morgana BM350/500 high-capacity booklet makers, which have been developed jointly with Plockmatic.
Morgana Systems is a preferred offline finishing partner for all of the leading manufacturers of digital print engines, whilst the Plockmatic International manufactures a wide range of innovative inline finishing solutions.
Full details of Morgana’s product line-up can be found at: http://morgana.co.uk/
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