Book Block Solution

Starbook Plowfolder PF8

Efficiency meets diversity

This highly automated book solution enables efficient production from a run of 1 – with variable page numbers, book spine lengths, and semi-automatic folding pattern changes in under three minutes. The optimized Plowfolder and the new vacuum signature transport process paper qualities of 40 to 160 g/m² and up to a thickness of 150 µm. The excellent book block quality with perfectly straight, flat blocks is ideal for softcover and hardcover applications. Signatures printed in 4-up, 6-up, and 8-up production can be processed thanks to the new multicut function, even from different paper types. With up to 2,000 book blocks per hour in perfect FIFO order, this solution sets new benchmarks in digital book production.

Uptime

Speed of up to 2000 stacks per hour in perfect FIFO order.

Performance

Semi-automatic changeover of different folding patterns in approx. 3 minutes.

Flexibility

Variable page numbers and variable spine lengths from book to book.

Plowfolder PF8

Technical Specifications

Productivity	max. 2 000 stacks/h
Speed	30 – 250 m/min
Web width	203 – 762 mm
Paper weight	4-pages signatures: 50 – 160 g/m2 6-pages signatures: 40 – 160 g/m2 8-pages signatures: 40 – 120 g/m2
Stack height	max. 100 mm
Signature length	127 – 330 mm
Signature width	109 – 305 mm