Bindery Automation — Operator Friendly

"A lot of the improvements have come from the peripheral equipment you can buy for a folder," agrees John Walecha, vice president and part owner of Olympic Bindery. "For example, we've gotten into map folding in the last couple years and, at first, we didn't have a special packer for the maps. We were able to run maybe 2,000 pieces an hour. Now that we've bought a pressing unit that flattens the maps out and makes them easier to put in the packing sleeve, we've been able to more than double our production rates.