Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) has entered into corresponding agreements with C.P. Bourg and Tecnau to integrate postpress solutions into its Jetfire 50 ecosystem, extending its portfolio for industrial digital printing. The stitching and perfect binding systems from C.P. Bourg and dynamic perforating, creasing, punching and cutting systems from Tecnau complement the Stahlfolder Fireline, which HEIDELBERG unveiled at the beginning of the year.
Thanks to this complementary portfolio, Jetfire 50 users can produce various products in inline and nearline processes with varying page counts and final formats.
HEIDELBERG is carrying out global sales, workflow integration, service, and consulting operations for the systems from C.P. Bourg and Tecnau alongside those for its own Jetfire 50 sheetfed inkjet press. As a result, customers can obtain all the key services they need from a single source. The availability of Prinect Touch Free will make the digital finishing systems an integral part of the AI-supported workflow control from HEIDELBERG.
‘In line with our growth strategy, HEIDELBERG is continuing to expand its portfolio for the growing digital printing market step by step. By incorporating the postpress solutions of C.P. Bourg and Tecnau into our digital ecosystem, we are giving customers access to a highly productive end-to-end package for industrial digital printing production. Moreover, customers have a single point of contact and also benefit from the global HEIDELBERG service network,’ said Dr. David Schmedding, Chief Technology and Sales Officer at HEIDELBERG.
In addition to stitched brochures, it is also possible to produce individual book blocks that can be made into brochures offline in a perfect binder. Block stitching in a wide variety of formats (portrait and landscape) can be carried out, as can dual and quadruple stitching in the spine, both with and without loop stitches. The BB3002 Perfect Binder is a fully equipped adhesive binder with a milling station, a cover feeder, and three-sided trimming. The cover feeder is equipped for a possible thirteen positive or negative creases and the system can be operated with EVA or PUR hotmelt adhesive.
Tecnau offers a family of modular products available for inline finishing of Jetfire 50 printed output. Customers choose modules to match their individual application requirements. If customers begin with a minimum configuration with narrow functionality, further modules can be cost-effectively added in the field if needs grow in the future. Tecnau’s modules for inline finishing with the Jetfire 50 include:
- The Tecnau Stack 1010 cut and stack is a single-sheet processing system to convert inkjet output into finished stacks of postcards, posters, and other full-bleed printed applications inline or near-line to the Heidelberg Jetfire 50. Alternatively, BookReady is a fully automated cut and stack solution for book-block production ready for binding.
- TC 1530 C processor offers dynamic horizontal and vertical perforations ideal for coupons and tear-out pages, cross scoring and vertical creasing to simplify downstream folding.
- TC 1530 P punch offers spiral/coil binding or dynamic ring-binder punching, expanding finishing options for diverse binding methods especially suited for educational materials, training documentation and calendars.
Stahlfolder Fireline
HEIDELBERG has developed the concept Stahlfolder Fireline for the production of cut and folded products. This machine can produce a huge range of products, from posters in A3 and A4 final formats and four-page brochures to eight-page A6 products with a concertina, parallel, letter, or gate fold. The corresponding programmes are saved in the control system as standard. Additional custom programmes can be manually configured and saved. The Stahlfolder Fireline is automatically preset with job parameters, therefore virtually no operator interventions are necessary.
With the opening of the Print Media Center, redesigned as the Home of Print, at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site, the new finishing solutions in combination with the Jetfire 50 are now available for customer demonstrations.
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