Bindery Automation — Operator Friendly

"It used to be a miserable job in the bindery to get accurate counts and bundles," adds Jack Rickard, president of Rickard Bindery in Chicago. "One of our operators used to be able to only handle 5,000 pieces an hour with manual bundling. Since we bought an automatic banding machine, we can run at 15,000 pieces an hour." The trade binder has extensive folding capabilities (60+ machines), saddle stitchers, gluers, etc, in its 80,000-square-foot plant.