Work Smarter, Not Harder, in the Bindery

Nonetheless, at Heidelberg, minimizing energy consumption is still one of the primary development goals in finishing technology. Its saddlestitcher is equipped with a modular drive system that allows the individual modules to be shut down separately to save energy. During setup, only the required feeder is in operation and not the whole machine. Each hopper has its own servo drives, which stop automatically in the event of an error. Other machines only stop after two or three brochures, which then end up as waste. With an assumed annual throughput of 15 million 36-page A4 brochures, this saves 5 tons of paper a year.