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UT Knoxville Lauds Labor-Saving Features of New Stahlfolder USA B20

The Graphic Arts Services department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville) recently took delivery of a fully automated two-station USA B20 Stahlfolder with gatefold attachment to aid in the finishing of printed materials for the Knoxville campus. The new folder replaces an aging, semi-automated model. It adds touchscreen setup, programmability, and the ability to store and recall folding programs used in the production of a wide variety of brochures, newsletters and small-signature booklets and forms for the university community.

According to Graphic Arts and Mail Services Acting Director Jack Williams, the labor-saving automated features of the new folder have made the shop more productive and efficient, as well as limited its need to outsource or rely on hand-finishing and work-arounds for gatefolded products. Operators especially like the automated fold plate setup, Williams said.

Graphic Services is a longtime user of Heidelberg equipment, including a four-color Speedmaster XL 105, a two-color Speedmaster SM 74, two Printmaster QM 46-2s, and a 36” two-color SORDZ. In the prepress area, Graphic Services relies on Heidelberg’s Prinect Prepress Interface, which links the shop’s two-year-old Speedmaster XL 105 with its prepress workflow system by transferring print-relevant parameters from prepress to press. Other postpress equipment includes a 26x40” Stahlfolder, Polar 115 XT and 78 X guillotine cutters, and a Polar pile turner.