Horizon StitchLiner 5500 of 2005, saddle-stitching system which incorporates flat sheet collating, scoring, folding, stitching and three-knife trimming in line, at up to 5.500 booklets/h., with interactive icon-based touch screen and end-to-end automation, Horizon's 4-page signature concept, U-shaped layout, including :
- Three 10-bin rotary feed air-suction collator VAC-100 towers (Vac-100a, Vac-100m, Vac-100m) combined to create a forty-station collating system, with advanced programming functions, double cycle mode and dual cover feeding
weight : 3 x main body 290 kg - blower box 17 kg (307 kg) = 1.228 kg
- By-pass stacker ST-40 connecting the VAC-100 system to the ACF-30 (errored sets are delivered to the built-in reject tray for non-stop operation. Any purged sheets in the reject tray can be manually processed via the hand feed station. The ST-40 also serves as a high-capacity offset or straight stacking device) - weight : 126 kg
- Accumulator/Folder ACF-30 : accurate registration of flat signatures, scored, plow-folded and delivered onto the saddle (variable number of sheets per folded section) - weight : 260 kg
- Quick-change Saddle-stitcher SPF-30 for high quality stitching on booklets up to 10 mm thick, with LCD-Touch-screen, error set detect sensor, reject tray . A icon-based touch screen on the SPF-30 sets-up and controls the complete StitchLiner system (equipped with heavy-duty Höhner stitching heads for accurate, reliable center stitching) - weight : 760 kg
with Loop Stitching Kit
- In-line three-knife trimmer HTS-30 for high quality three-sided finishing in one pass (fore-edge trimming, top-bottom trimming, delivery conveyor). Centralized touch-screen with full automation - weight : 1000 kg
- Preset Kicker PK-30
Major specifications :
sheet size from 140x206 mm to 350x500 mm
sheet weight range from 64 to 210 gsm (normal paper) or 80 to 210 gsm (coated paper)
stich thickness : max. 5 mm (book thickness 10 mm) about 50 sheets of 80 gsm
stitch distance from 66 to 150 mm
booklet size :
before trim(top-bottom x fore-edge) : from 140x203 mm to 350x250 mm
after trim : fore-edge 95-230 mm
top-bottom 144x312 mm / 120x152 mm (with or without center base)
trimming width : 2-25 mm
counter reading : 18 mios
still in printshop, dismantled andavailable now