Perfecta 76 HTVC
When the RNIB began the search to replace its aging guillotine it had a particular key criteria in mind. The system had to have a soft touch – it had to deliver a high quality cut without impairing the Braille dots on the sheet. After weighing up the market available options Stuart Hale, Production Team Leader, chose the Perfecta 76 HTVC.
We needed a guillotine that could cut at low pressures to stop the Braille from squashing. Now we can even cut labels and braille cards. We had a 20 year old ITO guillotine and had been looking for a replacement for a while. We liked the Perfecta 76 HTVC guillotine because we can pre-programme jobs easily on the touch screen and store jobs for a quick set up. The knife change is also much faster and this saves us up to 50 minutes at a time.
The system is a lot faster in setting up and running jobs. We are being asked to complete a lot more smaller jobs per shift so being able to set the guillotine up quickly means we can be more efficient. It is already paying for itself. We can do a lot more bespoke products because the system is easier to set up. It has been a workhorse in the bindery from day one.
