IBIS at Drupa 2008

A Smart-binder SB-3 was exhibited at Drupa 2008 connected in line with a new Xerox CF1300 (Sedona) digital web printer and Hunkeler CS6 cutter on the Xerox stand. The demonstration both showed the system with the Smart-binder running for long periods at speeds of 1300 pages/min (95 m/min , 311 ft/min) in-line with the printer, and also off-line from its own deep pile feeder on the side . Many thousands of booklets were produced during the 14 days of Drupa and we hope you had an opportunity to see this system if you visited the show.

A video of the SB-3 system at Drupa will be available in the near future by going to:

www.ibis-bindery.com/downloads-login.htm

A number of exciting new high speed digital colour web printers were exhibited at Drupa, from different printer manufactures which increases the opportunities for the in-line Smart-binder system in future.

Smart-binder Validation

At Drupa we were able to validate the Smart-binder performance in-line with the new Xerox CF1300 printer. We have also recently completed Smart-binder validation in-line with Océ’s new VS9610 high speed web printer and Oce’s VP6250 cut-sheet printer here at IBIS, UK,.

Videos showing the SB running in-line with these Océ printers are also available by going to :

www.ibis-bindery.com/downloads-login.htm

Print Week Magazine Article

Just prior to Drupa, a full two page review of the Smart-binder was published in the UK ‘Print Week’ magazine. We've received a good response from interested new customers to this article, which starts "The IBIS is a strange bird. A saddle stitcher that can also adhesive bind? Or a saddle stitcher that can also saddle bind? What is saddle gluing anyway?... "

Yours sincerely       

   John Cracknell    Managing Director

IBIS Bindery Systems

www.ibis-bindery.com

Smart-Binder: giving you competitive advantage through book quality, uptime and reduced production costs.

Ø      Heavy duty system for maximum up-time.

Ø      Operation in-line with highest speed digital web printers, or off-line from a pile feeder (or both).

Ø      Unique ISG cold-gluing gives improved strength and better lay-flat compared with saddle-stitching

Ø      Individual sheet folding for optimum lay-flat and saddle-bound books up to 10 mm thick.

Ø      Bar code sheet tracking for variable thickness personalised books.

Ø      Four different models available including SB-4 for saddle bound books and perfect bound books up to 60mm thick.

Ø      Large selection of optional modules available to suit individual customer needs: