Binding & Finishing (Practical)

Experiment no – 1

Aim: - Study of binding room equipments.

Binding Room Equipments: - Those equipments which are used in the working of binding operations are known as binding room equipments.

Binding: - Binding is an art and technique of sewing printed sheets of paper in a loose or folded form in a proper sequence with a view to protect these from dust, dirt and damages in handling.

            The following equipments/machines are used in binding room/lab.

1.      Paper Cutting Machine: - Technical name- Guillotine machine. This machine is use to cut the paper. The range varies from 36-42”. It is also called single knife cutting machine. Another example of this machine is three knife trimming machine. The disadvantage of the machine is that it can be used for only trimming not for paper cutting. This machine is both hand and power operated.

2.      Envelope punching machine: -This machine is used for marking the envelope. Machine is working by any cutting and creasing rule to make the die. The height of creasing rule is less than cutting rule to avoid the cutting of paper, which has to be creased in the form of envelope. The machine is both hand and power operated..

3.      Die Cutting and Creasing Machine: -It is type of heavy platen machine which is mostly used in packaging and also in binding. This machine has two operators to separate works. That is packaging and binding. In the edge of creasing rule is blunt while the edge of cutting knife and sharp like a knife. The machine is both hand and power operated. It can do die cut job in any shape.

4.      Varnishing Machine: - As the name indicates the machine is used for coating of varnish to printed surface of sheets. By varnishing brightness is obtained. Now a days, the varnishing is outdated and the lamination is preferred which gives brightness, shining and increase the strength of paper cover.

5.      Wire Stitching Machine: - This machine is used power for operating and for side and centre stitching. It allows one staple at a time. So the machine is used for stitching of pamphlet, magazines, etc.

6.      Rounding machine: - This machine is used for rounding the leads (spine) of the books. Flat leads is converted into convex shape for rounding.

7.      Spico Binding Machine: - This machine is used for loose leaf binding of catalogues, table calendars, wall calendars, diaries, etc.

8.      Pouch Lamination Machine: - This machine is only power operated machine. This machine is used for laminate the sheets, visiting cards and some more printed paper.

9.      Die Printing Machine: - In this type of machine die printing is used. In this type of printing machine only packaging and some other printing covers are used.

10.  Perforation machine: - It is a paper cutting machine and used to swing the printed sheets. This machine is both operated manually and mechanically.

11.  Drilling Machine: - It is a punching machine which is used to drill the paper and can be run mechanically.

12.  Gold Blocking machine: - This machine is used for writing on library books from gold and silver inks.

13.  Folding Machine: - The machine is used for folding the printed format when the format is folded. It can also fold large sheet from folding up to 32 page. There are two types of folding machine: -

                    i.            Knife Folding

                  ii.            Buckle Plate folding

14.  Board Cutting Machine: - It is used for cutting boards, cardboards which have high thickness only one or two board are cut in a single time. Otherwise the blade of the machine will break with rough edge.

15.  Nipping Machine: - This machine is used for pressing the books and printed papers after adhesions. It is used for better result work on binned. Nipping and locking machine. The machine is used for pressing is the waised part of the books and copies.