Automated folding and gluing saves 25% on presentation folders -

His company, Nautilus Print Finishing, is a new Sydney-based enterprise providing a unique service to the printing and marketing industries. Delivering fast turnaround, the company can beat any traditional process costs on the finishing production of presentation folders, universally recognised as a difficult task usually requiring laborious hand work.

Drawing on his years of experience as a TAFE offset printing teacher and his time as a senior estimator at Lindsay Yates and Websdale, Warner has devised a machine that can make local production competitive with even the most keen local and international hand-work quotes.

“In the few weeks since opening we’ve done 33 jobs averaging 10,000 copies and saving up to 25 per cent over hand-work rates,” he said. “Most presentation folders produced in Sydney are hand assembled. I went to IPEX last year to check out what machinery was available to do something about it. After researching the market I decided that the equipment available is not suitable for cello jobs and would mark that finish rather badly.

“Hence my concept of a custom-made machine that will glue almost any stock with almost any protective finish and not mark.”

The success of the concept is being proven with every new job and Nautilus Print Finishing is attracting a lot of attention from the industry.

Contact Nautilus Print Finsihing

John Warner: Ph 02 9436 4660
Email: john@printfinisher.com.au



Specifications

Maximum size is 735mm either direction. Body width 695mm maximum.

Minimum size is 210mm either direction. Body width 170mm minimum.

Capacity pocket size between 70mm and 235mm.

Non-capacity pocket size between 70mm & 310mm. (Subject to stock.)

Glue flaps to be 14mm minimum to 20mm maximum.

Capacity to be 0mm (single fold) or between 3mm and 25mm (gusset wall).

Pocket capacities can vary up to 6mm. i.e 0mm pocket + 6mm pocket is O.K.

Spine at 25mm maximum.

Glue flaps can be allover celloglazed. No need to strip cello. No need for gluable cello. Both matt & gloss cello 2/s glue up extremely well. Glue flaps to be on the body only. Glue flaps to be on the outside only.

Creasing is preferably to be from the outside, especially on boards over 300gsm. Please keep work and turn/tumble product in separate stacks. Jobs creased from the inside may not fold consistently.

If you can’t hand fold easily, then we will have difficulty machine folding. Use proper bolsters both sides of each crease, especially for heavy-weight art papers.

Our registration system follows your die cut or guillotine trimmed edges. Consistent sized product will remain square when folding.

Note: Our hot melt glues will not adhere to gloss UV Varnish.