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Wrinkling Problems on the Folding Machine - Troubleshooting Tips

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Jul 06, 2018 / by Technifold USA posted in Bindery How-To Tips, Folding Machines

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If you’re a new folding machine operator, don’t let the wrinkles on a folded piece lead to wrinkles on your face! There are numerous things that can cause a sheet to wrinkle as it travels through the folder but with a little patience and thought it’s usually easy to eliminate the problem and with experience, prevent it entirely.

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Two Words to Spark Productivity in Your Printing or Bindery Company

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Jun 29, 2018 / by Technifold USA

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In conversations with printing and bindery company decision makers about investment in new equipment, staff, software or processes, there is one occasional comment that never fails to disturb us: “We’re going to wait and see what happens.”

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Improve Folding Machine Registration When Running Oblong Sheets

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Jun 15, 2018 / by Technifold USA posted in Bindery How-To Tips, Folding Machines

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When the short side of a rectangular sheet is running against a folding machine side guide, it’s generally called an ‘oblong’ sheet in reference to the oblong fold that might take place in the parallel folding section. It’s also referred to as landscape format. A common scenario is the 11x17” or 8.5x11” cover stock run in such a fashion in order to score and/or perforate the sheet before folding in a right angle section.

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16 Page Signatures on My Folding Machine - What's the Best Technique?

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Jun 08, 2018 / by Technifold USA

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A reader recently called in with this problem: the center spread of his saddle stitched book was falling out periodically. The center signature was a 16pp 8.5 x 11 and the question was "how can we modify the score on the spine to prevent the center pages from falling out?"

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How Can I Get Better Accordion Folds on my Folding Machine?

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Jun 01, 2018 / by Technifold USA

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The Problem: Broadside accordion folds, or single sheet accordion folds on cover stock, each require scoring in the first section before the right angle fold. By broadside, we are referring to a fold in 1/2 in the first section, then folds into multiple panels in the right angle. Each score must line up precisely with the fold, and each fold plate must be set to create equal size panels.

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Folding Machine Edge Trimming - Part 2

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, May 25, 2018 / by Technifold USA posted in Bindery How-To Tips, Folding Machines

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Another technique for edge trimming on the folder (to continue from last weeks blog post) involves the use of extra thick cutting knives. Typically these are about 1mm thick and come in various diameters to correspond with the total thickness of the piece you are trimming.

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Edge Trimming on the Folding Machine - Tips and Techniques Part 1

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, May 18, 2018 / by Technifold USA posted in Bindery How-To Tips, Folding Machines

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If you struggle with edge trimming on your folding machine, here's a tip that could 'straighten' out your problem.

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16 Page Signatures - 3 Folding Machine Tips for Perforating

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, May 11, 2018 / by Technifold USA

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This week we will discuss folding machine tips for perforating to achieve high quality 16 page signatures (or any signature that uses a perf, including 32pp sigs.)

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Tip for Scoring Covers on Thin Perfect Bound Books

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, May 04, 2018 / by Technifold USA

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Creasing perfect bound book covers is difficult when the spine thickness approaches 1/8” and under. It's not hard to see why when you look at the components involved. There are simply physical limitations to how closely 2 creasing rules can be placed, even using thinner 1 pt creasing rule along with special double-crease female matrix. Rotary creasing also faces similar limitations.

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Tough Folding Machine Job Refuses to Jog Neatly - a Solution

[fa icon="calendar'] Fri, Apr 27, 2018 / by Technifold USA posted in Bindery How-To Tips, Folding Machines

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When you work with folding machines, it’s inevitable that you’ll be involved with a job that is “impossible” to run.  Perhaps one fold just won’t fold consistently, or the sheet is ripping, or scuffing, or hanging up in a fold plate, and none of your regular tricks work. And because you’re the last guy in the production line, the time scheduled to produce those hundreds of thousands of pieces has evaporated and the job, which arrived in your department at 3 p.m., has to be delivered the next day. Panic sets in as you start to calculate how many people it would take to hand-fold the job overnight. Yet most folder operators figure out how to run these “impossible” jobs.

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