Folding Applications
Explore the folded products, production requirements and equipment used in each industry. Start with the sector, then compare the solution and machine configuration for your job.
pharmaceutical packaging Paper Folding for Pharmaceutical Packaging
Patient information leaflets, inserts and outserts — miniature formats, counted batches and fold lines that must not crack. 4 folded products · 4 machines
commercial printing Paper Folding for Commercial Printing
Brochures, catalogues, flyers and mailers — where changeover time, not top speed, decides the day. 4 folded products · 5 machines
packaging printing Paper Folding for Packaging Printing
Carton inserts, leaflets and large-format packaging print — folds that have to survive automatic packing equipment. 4 folded products · 5 machines
publishing printing Paper Folding for Publishing Printing
Signatures, booklets and supplements — high-volume work where register has to hold across the whole run. 4 folded products · 3 machinesSolutions by production scenario
Automatic Paper Folding
An automatic paper folding machine does three things a hand-fed folder cannot: it separates one sheet at a time from a full pile, it holds that sheet in register through every fold, and it delivers a counted, squared stack at the end. Everything that decides your unit cost — how many operators you n
Solution · High-speed foldingHigh-Speed Paper Folding
Speed on a folding machine is not a single number. A folder only holds its rated 180 or 210 m/min if the feeder keeps up, the rollers do not slip, and the delivery does not force a stop every few thousand sheets. High-speed folding is therefore a system question: feeder continuity, transmission type
Solution · Pharmaceutical leafletsPharmaceutical Leaflet Folding
A patient information leaflet is the hardest folding job in print. The sheet is small — often 60 × 100 mm unfolded in the miniature end of the range — the paper is thin, the fold has to be square enough to feed a cartoning line, and the fold line must not crack the ink or the fibre. Get any of those
Solution · Outsert systemsPharmaceutical Outsert System
An outsert is a leaflet folded deep enough — typically eight, twelve or sixteen panels — that it becomes a small booklet in its own right, usually wrapped around or packed with the primary container. The engineering problem is that every additional panel multiplies the error of the panels before it,
Solution · Large formatLarge Format Folding
Large format folding is a different machine class, not a bigger version of a small one. Once sheets pass roughly A2, the paper behaves like a stiff plate: it needs a wider and gentler feed, larger roller diameters to avoid marking, and enough structural rigidity that the frame does not flex under a
Solution · Commercial printCommercial Paper Folding
A commercial print finisher is judged on the number of different jobs that can leave the floor in a day. That makes changeover time, fold-pattern range and the ability to switch paper stock between jobs more important than a headline speed figure nobody runs all week.
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