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Digital printing is fast developing especially in terms of performance and quality. Alongside,
it is rapidly growing the demand for top quality finishing. This has led Meccanotecnica to
launch a new line: UNIVERSE DIGITALINE, fully automatic finishing equipment able to turn
sheets into finished books.
The core is UNIVERSE SEWING, a modular machine that allows cost effective sewing of short
runs and deliver the same top quality as traditional methods.
Thread sewing is widely recognised as the best of all binding techniques.
It produces long-lasting books with excellent lay-flat properties.
UNIVERSE SEWING performs three operations in a single pass: folding ....
.... collating, .....
.... and sewing.
Sheet-fed digital printing systems deliver books in the form of a pile of sheets printed
in the correct sequence.
The sheets are loaded into the flat pile feeder of the UNIVERSE SEWING. The maximum capacity
of the feeder is 600 mm.
Sheets are extracted one by one from the pile through a vacuum head ...
... and delivered with the suction wheel to the folding channel.
A "non-contact" ultrasonic control ensures instant detection of doubles.
Sheets are transferred one by one into a scoring station, fold into a "four-pages" and collated
on a saddle.
When the preselected number of "four-pages" has been reached, the resulting three-side-open
signature is conveyed to the sewing unit.
The signature is forwarded onto a sewer saddle, accurately squared and sewn.
During sewing, book blocks are automatically separated from one another. Thread ends are
reduced to 10 mm to prevent them from sticking out between the book block and the cover.
Finished book blocks are delivered spine-up for easy manual unloading.
A Siemens Microbox PC complemented by Windows Embedded, controls all functions including
self-diagnostic. A 15" user-friendly touch- screen color monitor provides for quick and
easy programming, production data, machine speed and alarm messages, by means of graphic
symbols.
Set-up operations are accomplished within minutes, thanks to automation and ergonomics.
The operator can prepare the next job without having to interrupt the production.
If required, the unit can be used in semi-automatic mode simply by sliding away the stacking station
and placing the signatures on the transport.
Always very attentive on details and ergonomics, Meccanotecnica offers also user-friendly features
like pallet loading which further simplify the sheet pile management by the operator
Upon request UNIVERSE SEWING features quality controls like print mark sensors and bare
code reader; the latter complemented by an optional software allows the machine auto
programming.
The size of printed sheets ranges from 150 x 200 mm to 420 x 640 mm. The maximum book
block size is 420 x 320 mm.
Thanks to its modular concept, UNIVERSE SEWING can be tailored to meet any customer requirements.
For instance it can be complemented with an automatic signature feeder in order to produce
books combining sheets from digital printing with signatures from offset. Alternatively
the equipment can run as a traditional signature sewing machine.
It carries the European CE safety mark.
UNIVERSE SEWING: the smart thread sewing machine that adds value to your digital print.