Collating Equipment — Collating Cravings

Although digital printing has caused "minimal" problems for this market to date, Bowman warns that the potential is real. "It will start to affect demand for standard collators as more pre-collated material is digitally produced," he predicts.

System for Various Jobs
Rosback offers Setmaster vacuum-feed horizontal units for collating a variety of applications, from one-time carbon; newsprint; fabrics and vinyls; laminates; folded sections; business forms; tabbed index cards; and, of course, paper. Features include no-tool setup, continuous loading, missing- and double-sheet detection system, and variable speed to 3,300 cph. Also offered are stitch/fold, trim, gluing, deep-pile feeding, duplexing and crash numbering options.