B & D Print Services Doubles Capacity With Horizon SPF-FC200A
Flexible and fast makeready bookletmaker eliminates overtime
Combining a broad range of print production capabilities with a wide range of product requirements demands a highly responsive bindery solution which is why B & D Print Services invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A bookletmaking production line from IFS.
Since its installation the £4m turnover Leyland business has doubled its finishing capacity and eliminated overtime. “We had got to the stage where we were working longer and longer hours just to meet deadlines,” explains Joint Managing Director Glen Whewell.
He continues: “Following installation we have doubled our capacity and no longer need to work extra hours. We can also now look to take on new work knowing we still have room to expand.”
The 4,500bph JDF-ready SPF/FC-200A replaced a SPF/FC-10 and Mr Whewell commented: “We knew and liked the way the Horizon system ran and so the SPF/FC-200A was a natural progression. Much of our work is for people that supply inlays for the gaming and DVD industries. A lot of work goes into the smaller sizes even though there are not a massive number of pages. We also produce A5 cinema guides throughout the country plus a wide range of general commercial print.”
Established in 1976 the operation runs two five colour B2 presses, a two-colour B2 and a five colour B3 – all Heidelberg. It also has offers digital with a Xerox Nuvera and a Kodak NexPress.
Comments Mr Whewell: “The fast and easy set-up of the SPF/FC200A means we can produce a greater volume of work which helps us meet the increase in demand we have seen for a wider variety of jobs and shorter runs.”
Providing this flexibility is a 200-programme job memory storage for instant recall and an icon-based touch-screen for job set-up. The system also features the patented Horizon advanced suction rotor drum feeding system that operates effectively on a wide variety of paper stocks at high speeds. Accuracy and reliability are assured by mis-feed, double feed and jamming sensors on each bin and the feed error history can be monitored via the touchscreen.
