Australia makes ready for Kolbus KM200

Meeting the growing demand for short-run book binding Ferrostaal launches the Kolbus near-zero makeready KM200 binder to the Australian market.

Operating around five times faster than traditional four-clamp binders the KM200 running at 5,000 copies per hour can adjust on the fly to handle different thicknesses of books. This capability allows operators to put through a run of several hundred differently sized books of the same format.

Rayne Simpson, print finishing general manager for Ferrostaal Australia says the machine featuring a HD130 three-knife trimmer is already attractive to a wide variety of printers with an increased focus on productivity and efficiency. “The near-zero makeready times help the operator to focus on other parts of the business."

"With the rapid onset of digital printing, the largest book printers are facing decreasing run lengths. This machine meets the needs of offset and digital printers,” he said.

The KM200 perfect binder can automatically measure each product on the infeed, sensing thickness differences between it and the previous book. It can produce books from 2mm to 60mm in thickness with a clamp length of 420mm.

According to Ferrostaal, guides on the infeed and delivery are automatically adjusted and depending on the difference in thickness, it calculates how many clamps to leave empty to allow sufficient time for the motors to automatically adjust all the rest of the machine settings.