GCM 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Bookbinding, Polypropylene

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GCM 250
• Professor: Art Seto

Document Summary

Sheets are separated, aligned, and transported into first folding unit: folding units: Combined folding units: buckle folding unit and knife folding unit are linked crosswise with one another: conveyance units. Transports sheet to be folded from feeder to first folding unit and between folding units. Diagonally arranged transport rollers: deliveries, further modules such as gluing units, gatefold units, or thread-sealing units can be integrated, primarily used folding machines are buckle folding machines and combined folding machines, buckle folding machines. Up to 4 independent buckle folding units can be linked. To produce right-angled folds, the folding units are arranged at an angle of 90 degrees to one another. Each folding units have 2-8 folding modules. Sheet is fed with the shorter sheet edge in front (length-wise) No folding task requires all the folding modules to be activated. A bookbinding sheet usually has 1-6 folds.