Punching vs. Drilling — Holes And How We Make Them

Delivery is another consideration. There are three main systems: A hopper or jogger, a receding stacker or a conveyor. A hopper or jogger is fine, but remember that if you are punching 6˝or 7˝ of paper per minute, that hopper or jogger is going to fill up every 20 to 30 seconds. Most operators run their punches slower because they cannot offload quickly enough or they have to use two operators. Neither of these options makes the boss happy. Receding stackers have a much bigger lift height, but the machine must be stopped, the stacker offloaded, reset and rolled back into the machine before an operator is back in production.