BINDERY EQUIPMENT AUTOMATIC PLASTIC COIL BINDER INFORMATION

Back in 1996, as one of the leaders in mechanical binding equipment, SPIEL ASSOCIATES found a need for automatic plastic coil inserters. "All of our customers were complaining about the labor intensiveness of coil binding," says Norton Spiel. "I thought the best design would be to form and insert at the same time but since formers were readily available, we turned to inserters. In 1996 we invented the first Sterling Coilmaster and sold it to E & M Bindery, which was then in New York." "We were knocked out when we saw it run in production for the first time. The operator was getting about 400 books per hour," declares David Spiel. Still, there were improvements to be made. The first Coilmaster had no spreader. This meant that the margin (the distance between the first hole & the head or foot of the book) could not exceed the bridge (the distance between the holes).

A SPREADER IS BORN
"Sometimes the margins were so razor thin, the job was rejected," states Saul Spiel. "We knew we had to come up with something and rather than have everyone

buy brand new dies and hope that the pattern fit within the confines of the book, we came up with a spreading device." This patented device causes the coil to jump into the first and out of the last hole, even if the margin is larger than the pitch. "We feel it is our job to change the machine to fit the job rather than change the job to fit the machine," says Michael Spiel. The spreader caused a quantum leap in the quality of the books. Binders no longer had to trim the books down, use oval holes, or punch close to the edge as they had in the past or have to do now with other automatic coil machines."

ANGLING FOR PRODUCTIVITY

Now that binding the book was solved, SPIEL ASSOCIATES part new in-feed conveyor. The new COILMASTER II PLASTIC COIL BINDING SYSTEM debuted at Graph Expo '99. "Next we tried to bump up the average of books bound per hour from 400 to 500," states David Spiel. The insertion roller used to move in and out. This took time. Our technicians found that if we angled the roller, the machine did not have to wait for the roller to move in and out. This brought the speed up to over 600 BPH. We anxiously look forward to the premier of the COILMASTER III at DRUPA '04" The Sterling Coilmaster II is the only patented in-line coil former/inserter in the US.

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK

As SPIEL ASSOCIATES ushers in the seventh anniversary of the coilmaster's inception, they have much to celebrate-- A plethora of industry praise for the most revolutionary machine ever developed for the fastest growing segment of mechanical binding. Dan Crotty of G & R Publishing in Waverly, Iowa states; "If I had to go back to binding coil the old fashioned way it wouldn't be pretty." G & R publishing has been using the original Coilmaster for his short run work and two Coilmaster systems in-line for his long runs. To produce 7,500 books a day we would need to more than triple our staff. Also fresh

coil always runs better than cut lengths."

The plant manager of Geographics in Atlanta, Ray Weidele, bought the machine for a 100,000 run he used to send out every year. "It took the bindery we were sending it to three weeks to bind the job and we do it in two. We average over 400 books per hour on the machine and it also costs us half the price of farming it out." Jeff Rosenbloom of Commercial Bindery in Toledo says; "The trend is leaning away from comb and wire and heading towards coil binding. The Sterling Coilmaster has allowed us to produce books in a way which we can meet this trend head on."

Dave McCauley of American Laminators in Raytown, Missouri declares; "It's the best engineered machine to bind plastic coil. No other machine has paid us back as quickly as the Coilmaster.

Making your own coil in this economy is a no brainer. We just finished a 12,000 run with two people in the same amount of time that we did last year with five people."

The owner of BJ Bindery in Santa Ana, California, Naresh Arya states; "We get between 400 and 500 books per hour and we don't have to depend on outside suppliers for plastic coil. We've been able to both bring our prices down and increase profits."

SPIEL ASSOCIATES invites you to visit booth #1878 at Graph Expo or their NYC showroom Call them at 718-392-7900 for a brochure or video.

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