If you are looking for a high quality thermal binding machine then chances are you are considering a Bindit machine. With the recent discontinuation of the GBC Thermabind T100 thermal binding machine Bindit / Coverbind is one of the few manufacturers remaining of high quality thermal binding equipment. This article is designed to provide a quick overview of the five pieces of thermal binding equipment produced by Bindit / Coverbind. Here they are...
1. The Bindit Perfect Bind thermal binding machine is designed to bind documents up to 1" thick and 11" long. The Bindit Perfect Bind works much like a toaster. Simply put your book into the machine and take it out when the book is finished. This machine is simple to use and is ideal for use with goofless utility thermal binding covers and the other soft covered thermal covers such as GBC Thermabind Covers.
2. The Bindit Perfect Bind II thermal binding machine was introduced to the market as a new and improved version of the Bindit Perfect Bind machine. The Perfect Bind II is also designed for binding documents up to 1" thick and 11" in length. However, the Perfect Bind II includes a switch that allows you to increase the temperature of the binding unit. This makes the Perfect Bind II more conducive for binding thermal hard cases. The only drawback of the Perfect Bind II is that it is slightly slower than the Bindit Perfect Bind. The Perfectbind II requires a warm up period before it can bind its first document while the Perfect Bind does not.
3. The Bindit Coverbind 5000 is the flagship of the Bindit / Coverbind line of thermal binding machines. The Coverbind 5000 is designed to bind documents up to 2" thick and 14" in length and is great for hard cover binding, photobook binding and for use with standard thermal binding covers. The Coverbind 5000 has a durable metal housing and high quality heating elements making it more versatile than either the PBII or the Bindit Perfect Bind.
4. The New Bindit Three Heater Covermate takes the great design of the now discontinued Covermate 700 and adapts it for high volume hard cover binding applications. The Three Heater Covermate includes the same great heater as the Covermate 700 but adds two barrel heaters to apply heat to the front and back of hard cover books. This helps ensure that the first and last pages of the Hard Cover book are securely fastened inside the hard cover. The three heater design also reduces the bind time required for hard cover books and in conjunction with the Bindit Pneumatic crimper can almost double productivity of hard cover presentations and yearbooks. The Bindit Three Heater Covermate is ideal for Photobook binding and for Yearbook Binding.
5. The Largest thermal binding machine produced by Bindit is the Covermaster. The Bindit Covermaster is designed for insurance companies and large corporations that need to bind hundreds or thousands of similar documents per day. Using a convenient cartridge system the Covermaster can bind a large number of books at once making it the fastest binding system available on the market. The Covermaster is designed for letter sized documents and is not designed for hard cover binding applications.
These are five great pieces of equipment that are part of the Bindit / Coverbind arsenal of thermal binding equipment. These thermal binding machines are some of the highest quality machines available on the market. If you have questions about any one of these pieces of equipment, don't hesitate to ask.
Some of the most common questions that we receive about punches are about the punching capacities of the different binding machines that we offer. Punching capacity can be a very useful tool to compare the various punches, but it can also be very misleading. When evaluating punching capacity, it is important to take into consideration a few key points:
- When evaluating a manual binding machine that has a high stated capacity, such as 20 or more pages per punch, it is also important to consider the manual effort that it takes to pull the lever to punch the stack of paper. The punch may be capable, but that does not mean that it will be easy to punch that many pages! A longer handle makes it much easier to punch through greater amounts of paper, but it is still a manual process.
- What style of punching are you doing? 3-hole punching has the highest capacity while 5:1 coil is the lowest. This is due to the large number of holes and how close together they are. All machines will vary based on the style of punching that you need. Coil binding systems and wire binding systems will always punch less than plastic comb and Velobind.
- The goal of punching a page is to cut a hole in the page, keeping its appearance and durability. When punching a large number of pages, you are actually pushing paper through paper-not cutting paper. The result is that the pages are stuck or "riveted" together and need to be separated. In addition, when punching a coil or wire pattern with several small holes that are close together, the paper strength is degraded between the holes. The result is that the pages could easily tear out of the book.
- Over-punching has a negative effect on your punch as well. Even though the motors are strong enough to handle the punch, it still has greater wear and tear on your system. Die sets (which are the actual punching pins) will probably be the first to give out; you will notice rougher edges on your punches and hanging chads left on the back of you pages.
- Clear covers should be punched in pairs only! Punching a stack of plastic covers is one of the easiest ways to break your punch. Punch them in sets of two or punch them collated in with your document. Another great option is to get prepunched clear covers, and eliminate the wear and tear on your machine all together.
- When punching for production, we have found that our highest volume users consistently grab the same amount of pages for every punch-regardless of punching style. You will find that you will faster in the long run if you train your self to take 15 to 20 sheets per lift. Should you always try to punch the maximum, you will find that you will abuse your system, mispunch pages due to over stuffing the punch slot, and be continuously adding or deleting pages from your punch lift. Grab a consistent stack of 15 to 20 sheets, and your punch will always be clean and consistent and you will get a much longer life from your punch and die sets.
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