Morgana Systems: Bookletmakers and PUR Binding at PRINT 13

MARIETTA, GA—July 23, 2013—Morgana Systems Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of equipment for digital finishing, has announced details of its exhibit for PRINT 13, taking place Sept. 8-12 in Chicago. The company can be found at booth #3561, close to its major customer base, the digital print engine manufacturers.

Morgana Systems USA will have a strong presence at PRINT 13 where the product range will be significantly enhanced and expanded following the recent acquisition of the business by Plockmatic International.

Best in Bookletmakers
A complete new range of bookletmakers will take center stage, including the System 2000S—a product that is capable of producing booklets of up to 120 pages. The system will be fed by the ACF510, a hybrid feeder capable of feeding pre-collated sets from a digital print engine, collating litho printed sections, or indeed combining both into a finished book product. The heavy-duty bookletmaking section comes complete with wire stitching heads, fore-edge trimmer, and the Morgana Squarefold 2000 to give a professional perfect bound effect to the finished product.

The System 2000S will be shown with the optional CST unit. This unit can edge-trim the sheets before the bookletmaking section, meaning the work can be taken straight from the press to the finishing unit with no need to trim the edges on a guillotine. This helps to make the whole process much more streamlined. The CST comes complete with a creasing mechanism helping to eliminate cracking on digital print or cross grained cover stock.

Other bookletmaking systems on show from the range include the System 200e being fed by the AC510 feeder and the entry-level BM60 hand-fed machine for lower volume print shops and CRD’s.

Commenting on the launch of the System 2000S, Alan Oppenheim, North American Manager for Morgana, said: “The new System 2000S bookletmakers provide an extended range of performance variations from Morgana’s existing DocuMaster products. With output capabilities right through to 3,000 booklets per hour, and the ability to create publications of up to 120 pages, this range will satisfy the needs of a wide range of American print shops. The products can incorporate side-stitching, creasing, and a number of combinations of sheet and pre-printed sheets collation.”

PUR for Short-run
PUR is the strongest, most flexible binding adhesive available, offering several additional advantages over other binding adhesives. When inks, coatings or digital print toners are present in the spine area these can often compromise the strength of a typical hot-melt perfect binding. PUR is resistant to this and will form a super-strong bond with all weights and finishes of paper stocks. In addition PUR works well with synthetic and recycled-content stocks.

Another significant debut on the Morgana stand will be the U.S. launch of the DigiBook 300 PUR perfect binding machine. This highly productive binder is well known in Europe following its introduction by Morgana at drupa 2012. The unit can produce up to 300 8.5x11” books per hour. A patented solution controls the application of the PUR glue with a sealed nozzle system. This makes DigiBook 300 extremely quick and effective to set-up and shut down—ideal for very short runs of PUR bound books, as often required in the digital printing world. The machine will be shown producing a wide range of both digitally printed and litho printed jobs on coated stock, and will also be shown producing book blocks with end-papers ready for casing into hard-cover books.

“PUR binding for digital print production is a real growth area in Europe, and we anticipate a similar enthusiasm in the USA. We have seen significant interest since we announced the DigiBook products and we are looking forward to seeing a lot of interest in the DigiBook 300 model at PRINT 13,” said Alan Oppenheim, North American Manager for Morgana.

SmartScreen for Touch Control
In addition to these product launches, Morgana will be showing several machines from its Pro range of creasers and folders, all controlled with the SmartScreen touchscreen software. The market leading AutoCreaser Pro 33 will be shown with the latest software incorporating an application specifically designed for perfect bound cover production. It is also now available with an option of side-stop perforating, ideal for applications such as draw tickets or tear-off vouchers. The larger-format AutoCreaser Pro 50 will be running with the AutoFold inline folding unit. The AutoFold can be added to any existing Morgana creaser, or creasing equipment supplied by other manufacturing companies.

Crease and Fold in One Unit
The DigiFold Pro creaser/folder will be on show and continues to be the market leader in its class, offering unrivalled production in terms of quality and accuracy. This machine can crease and fold stock up to 0.015” thick without cracking the toner or stock surface. A wide range of folds can be simply selected by touching the fold icon and entering the paper size—the machine then takes care of the remaining set-up automatically. The DigiFold can also be used for straight creasing of stock leaving sheets flat for packaging and comes standard with a perforation module.

In addition to the extensive range of off-line and near-line solutions from Morgana USA, its parent company Plockmatic will have strong representation at the show with a wide range of in-line solutions. Booklet making systems will be shown on both the Ricoh and Xerox booths producing a wide range of booklets, including options for full bleed trimming and Squarefold production.

About Morgana Systems
Beginning with the launch of the revolutionary AutoCreaser in 2000 Morgana Systems has led the way in developing new and innovative solutions to cope with the special requirements of the digital printer. UK-manufactured Morgana products that have achieved worldwide success during this time include the AutoCreaser, the DigiFold combination creaser and folder, the DocuMaster total finishing system, and several specialist folders.

Morgana provides an unrivalled range of digital finishing products from the simplest, entry-level creasing units up to highly sophisticated multi-functional systems offering a range of finishing capabilities in a single unit. Latest products from Morgana also incorporate JDF readiness and the ability to handle variable data input.

Morgana’s purpose built factory in Milton Keynes produces more than 4,000 finishing products each year, with over 80 percent of these destined for the company’s rapidly growing export markets.

Source: Morgana Systems.