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Booklet Making System iCE STITCHER SPF-2000

jesikieler — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:21:39 +0000

NEXT GENERATION FULLY AUTOMATED BOOKLET MAKING SYSTEM
Enhanced automation, quality and user friendliness for high productivity of up to 4,700 cycles per hour.

EASY OPERATION – SPF-2000 is equipped with a new 15 inch control panel (“Horizon XUI”) that enables easy setup, even for nonskilled operators. Newly designed covers allow for easy access to achieve fast maintenance and minimize downtime. More sections are automated than ever before to increase productivity and efficiency.

HIGH QUALITY – Booklet quality has been enhanced with features like separating air and jogging functions at the stitching section, a press roller at the folding section, and a jogging function at the fore-edge trimming section. Quality and consistency is increased even further with optional quality control functions for stitch and thickness detection.

PRODUCTIVITY – SPF-2000 achieves a max production rate of *4,700 cycles per hour while excelling at high-mix, low volume production with faster changeover speeds (up to 50%) and more automation, changeovers can be carried out without any manual part adjustments.
*A5 finished size with stitching.

SPACE SAVING – SPF-2000 features a compact footprint and has the ability to produce a wide range of applications like A4 landscape format booklets.

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Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark IV Saddlestitcher

jesikieler — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:59:22 +0000

The iCE StitchLiner Mark IV Saddlestitcher is a third-generation saddlestitcher from Standard Horizon that combines the efficiency and ease of operation of flat-sheet collating with the productivity, versatility, and quality of a traditional saddlestitching system. All processes, including signature scoring and folding, saddlestitching, and three-knife trimming are performed in one pass. The Mark IV can produce a wide range of applications, including A4 landscape booklets and pocket-sized booklets.

* Stated speed specifications WILL be reduced when using a HOF-400 feeder. Projected throughput specifications, based on customer applications, can be provided upon request.

Advantages at a glance

Production speeds: The Mark IV can run at speeds of up to 6,000 booklets per hour for A4 portrait applications and 5,300 booklets per hour for A4 landscape applications.
True variable production: Stitch length, balance adjustment, registration guides, trim size, and more can all be changed automatically from booklet to booklet during operation for true variable booklet production.
Increased up-time: The Mark IV can maintain production speeds even while in variable thickness mode or when cover sheets are inserted. The Mark IV can also run continuously even if a booklet with an error such as a dropped stitch or sheet misalignment is detected by seamlessly rejecting the booklet to a tray.
Consistent quality: The Mark IV can stitch booklets up to 10 mm thick (about 50 sheets at 50lb offset). Across all booklet sizes, the system’s scoring function reduces cracking on the spine and allows for a tighter fold. Depending on the substrate, the gap and scoring pressure can be adjusted for consistent scoring quality. The sheet-alignment section of the Mark IV features 4-directional jogging for a tighter jog and more accurate alignment across stocks. Improvements to the Mark IV’s transport system also allows for stable sheet transport across substrates, even for coated sheets.
Flexible configuration: The iCE StitchLiner Mark IV can be integrated with VAC series collators and the HOF-400 High-speed Sheet Feeder. The feeding system and other optional devices can be configured depending on your specific needs, including for offset or digital print output. The Mark IV’s infeed height can be adjusted from 28.34” to 43.70” to allow for connections to various unwinders and cutters.
iCE LiNK ready: The Mark IV is compatible with iCE LiNK, Horizon’s cloud-based information and diagnostics system.

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iCE STITCHLINER Mark V

jesikieler — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:21:53 +0000

The fully-automated Horizon system offers user-friendly operation via a color touch screen, ensuring consistent, high-quality booklet production with efficiency and productivity. It supports flexible production configurations, seamlessly switching between roll and cut sheet feeding for varied formats like A4 portrait or landscape. With a capability of up to 6,000 booklets per hour and stable production on diverse substrates, including thin sheets and flap covers, it integrates advanced features like variable thickness production and high-quality saddle-stitching. Optional modules like the CF-50D cover feeder enhance flexibility by accommodating various substrates, while the iCE STITCHLINER Mark V's LED status lights provide intuitive system monitoring. Integration with iCE LiNK enables comprehensive bindery control through Horizon’s cloud-based post-press management system, ensuring streamlined workflow from start to finish.

Advantages at a glance

Versatile Finishing Options: Capable of saddle stitch, fold, and trim operations, accommodating various booklet sizes from A3 down to A6.
Flexible Sheet Handling: Handles sheet sizes up to 610 x 267 mm (24.015" x 10.510") in landscape orientation and down to 194 x 140 mm (7.640" x 5.515") as the smallest size, offering flexibility for different formats.
Wide Range of Booklet Sizes: Produces booklets with finished sizes up to 352 x 303 mm (13.855" x 11.925") in portrait orientation and down to 140 x 97 mm (5.515" x 3.820") as the smallest, adaptable to diverse requirements.
High Sheet Weight Compatibility: Supports a broad range of sheet weights, from 52.3 gsm to 350 gsm for both roll and cover sheets, ensuring versatility in material selection.
High Production Speed: Achieves up to 6,000 booklets per hour for A3 to A4 portrait size, ensuring efficient throughput for demanding production environments.

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Horizon ICE STITCHER SPF-2000

jesikieler — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:31:50 +0000

The SPF-2000 offers enhanced operational simplicity through its Horizon XUI 15-inch control panel, facilitating easy setup even for unskilled operators. Designed for efficiency, it features accessible covers for quick maintenance, minimizing downtime. Automation across multiple sections maximizes productivity, achieving up to 4,700 cycles per hour with swift changeovers and no manual adjustments required. Quality improvements include air separation, jogging functions, and optional stitch and thickness detection, ensuring consistent booklet output. Its compact footprint supports diverse applications like A4 landscape format booklets, configurable for both digital and offset workflows and compatible with iCE LiNK, a cloud-based postpress management system.

Advantages at a glance

Versatile Functions: Supports booklet, side stitch and fold, and fold only operations with optional configurations for various stitching methods.
Wide Range of Sheet Sizes: Accommodates sheet sizes from as small as 120 x 180 mm (4.725" x 7.090") up to 356 x 610 mm (14.000" x 24.000"), offering flexibility for different production needs.
Sheet Weight Compatibility: Handles normal paper (64 to 157 gsm) and art coated paper (84.9 to 157 gsm), ensuring suitability for a range of paper types.
Precise Stitch and Fold Capabilities: Allows for stitching up to 4 mm (0.155") thick and folding up to 2 mm (0.078") thick, with adjustable stitch distances from 62 to 290 mm (2.440" to 11.415").
Optional Customization: Provides options for corner stitching and folding, along with adjustable guides for processing smaller widths down to 118 mm (4.65").

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Horizon StitchLiner 6000 – Digital High-speed Saddlestitching System

yashyagnik — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:03:53 +0000

The Standard Horizon StitchLiner 6000 Digital High-speed Saddlestitcher has been integrated with Standard's Hunkeler UW6 Unwinder and CS6 Rotary Cutter for production of up to 6,000 high-quality booklets per hour, in-line with continuous feed printers. Based on the well-established StitchLiner 5500 technology platform, the solution offers in-line cover feeding and non-stop booklet production on a very wide range of paper stocks at up to 600 feet per minute, on pace with the speed of industry-leading continuous-feed printers. Variable sheet-count booklets can be produced using barcode scanning or mark reading.

Advantages at a glance

User-friendly operation through the color touchscreen and accurate automation achieves short make-ready for quick turnaround
Folding is performed in-line to simplify the saddlestitching workflow and improve operational efficiency
Newly designed landscape feeding and straight saddlestitching flow handles thinner paper stock and feeds larger, landscape-oriented sheets
Ergonomic L-shaped configuration allows for efficient operation and space saving

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Horizon FoldLiner – Saddlestitching System

yashyagnik — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:03:29 +0000

Standard Horizon’s new FoldLiner Saddlestitching System accommodates press sheets up to 29" x 40” and will produce 8-, 12- or 16-page booklets up to 6,000 booklets/hour. Combine 4-page signatures from the collating tower for greater flexibility to produce an even wider range of booklet sizes and the Foldliner becomes a true hybrid production unit. Covers can also be merged from the tower using OMR mark reading to allow for multiple signature gathering (for higher page-count booklets) and variable signature gathering.

Advantages at a glance

Produce 8-, 12- or 16-page booklets
Combine 4-page signatures from covers from collating tower
No Touch Points – The FoldLiner combines the AFC-74 series folder and the StitchLiner 6000 Saddlestitching System. No additional offline processing is required after printing for finished booklet production.
High Productivity – Flat sheet to saddlestitched booklet can be produced up to 6,000 BPH.
Variable Production – Variable sheet count production can be achieved by use of optional mark sensor. Suitable for digitally printed B2 size sheet and full size press sheets.

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