Kirk-Rudy Masters 3-Sided Tabbing Without Turning the Product
Attendees at Ipex 2010—especially those who produce a lot of direct mail—were very pleased to see the new Kirk-Rudy KR 545T tabbing system on the show floor. Which leads to the question, “What’s so exciting about a tabbing machine?”
Here’s what’s causing all of the excitement: The KR 545T can apply multiple tabs on the lead, side and, most impressively, the trail edge in one pass without turning the product. There are tabbing machines out there that can be configured to tab multiple sides, but they have to turn the product, which involves a more elaborate multiple-machine setup.
- Categories:
- Mailing/Fulfillment - Hardware
- Companies:
- Kirk-Rudy
Trish Witkowski is Chief Folding Fanatic at the online community foldfactory.com. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design and a master of science degree in Graphic Arts Publishing from Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Printing Management and Sciences (now the School of Print Media).
An award-winning designer, Trish held the position of creative director for a Baltimore-based agency for six years, and has taught design and desktop publishing at the college level. She has a specialized expertise in the area of folding and is the creator of the FOLDRite™ system, a 2004 GATF InterTech™ Technology Award winner.
Trish frequently publishes articles for graphic arts industry publications, and has written three books on the topic of folding: A Field Guide to Folding, Folding for the Graphic Arts: A Teacher's Handbook, and FOLD: The Professional's Guide to Folding.
