World Premiere at IPEX 2010 - Eurobind Pro Adhesive Binder Produces 6,000 Brochures an Hour

• Currently the most cost-effective adhesive binder in its class, with up to 50 percent shorter makeready times than equivalent models
• Great flexibility for customers thanks to a modular design and the ability to process a wide range of products
• High process reliability and top quality
• Integration via Prinect Postpress Manager

The Eurobind Pro from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be making its world premiere at IPEX 2010. This new adhesive binder is based on the tried-and-tested Eurobind 4000, combining its predecessor's short makeready times with a maximum output of 6,000 cycles per hour. This currently makes the Eurobind Pro the most cost-effective adhesive binder in its class, with up to 50 percent shorter makeready times than equivalent models. Prinect Postpress Manager can be used to integrate the Eurobind Pro into the production environment, which results in data and cost transparency. The new adhesive binder is intended for commercial printers and postpress specialists who will benefit from the flexibility of the machine's modular design and its ability to handle a wide range of products. The Eurobind Pro processes paperbacks, magazines, annual reports, and image brochures with a block (end-to-end) height of 140 to 450 mm (5.51 to 17.72 in), a block width of 100 to 320 mm (3.94 to 12.60 in), and a block thickness of 2 to 60 mm (0.079 to 2.36 in). It will be available from May 2010.

Sophisticated and specialized products bring added value
In the growing segment of adhesive-bound products, flexibility is one of the key investment criteria. The modular design of the Eurobind Pro enables users to configure their very own system. When configuring the gathering machine, they can select anything from 4 to 32 feeders plus a criss-crossed delivery to suit their particular requirements and applications. The adhesive binder is available with both nozzle and roller application systems for hotmelt and/or PUR adhesives, a back stripper, and a cooling section with flexible configuration. Further modules can be added to an existing installation at any time. Sophisticated and specialized products can thus be offered and added to as required to give customers greater added value. The Eurobind Pro is an ingenious all-rounder. It processes short and long runs for both standard and special jobs, and is also suitable for a wide range of formats, substrates, and types of binding. This includes brochures not bonded to the cover such as Swiss and Otabind brochures.

High process reliability and top quality
The developers at Heidelberg considered it important to focus on process reliability and thus top quality. They have therefore included a camera system for continuous quality monitoring in the gathering machine's feeders and a laser sensor that ensures a consistently high level of adhesive application. All these measures combine to produce end products of perfect quality.

Prinect Postpress Manager enables the binder to be integrated into the entire print shop workflow. Job and presetting data such as cutting and folding marks from prepress can be used directly for the Eurobind Pro. Prinect Postpress Manager can also optimize each day's jobs to further boost the system's cost-efficiency, while precisely defined processes avoid errors and improve the reliability of production systems.

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The Eurobind Pro adhesive binder from Heidelberg will be making its world premiere at IPEX 2010. Extremely short makeready times are now combined with an output of 6,000 books an hour.

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The Eurobind Pro with gathering machine is currently the most cost-effective adhesive binder in its class, with 50 percent shorter makeready times than equivalent models.



For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Hilde Weisser
Phone: +49 (6221) 92 5066
Fax: +49 (6221) 92 5069
E-mail: Hilde.Weisser@heidelberg.com


Heidelberg at IPEX 2010:
The terms HEI Performance and HEI Value reflect the extensive portfolio of state-of-the-art technologies and services from Heidelberg for the economical and environmentally friendly production of print products. At the trade show, the company will be providing practical demonstrations to highlight how media service providers, print shops, and postpress specialists can act on current market trends and adapt their portfolios accordingly. Heidelberg will be demonstrating how to optimize business and production processes across the entire value added chain of sheetfed offset printing, while also minimizing their environmental impact.

The numerous practical demonstrations will enable visitors to the event to find out how they can achieve economic success with short-run high-end print applications, stand out from the crowd with creative print applications, and make the Internet an integral part of their business strategy.