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Saddle-Stitchers and Booklet-Making Solutions

Böwe Bell + Howell
Solution: BBH Booklet Maker
Features: The BBH Booklet Maker may be used in-line with digital print systems, or positioned near-line. The solution comprises high-speed feeders integrated with a dynamic booklet maker and face trimmer. It can accept cut-sheets or continuous-fed rolls, as well as both digitally printed or offset-generated jobs, producing booklets of varying sizes up to 4,000 per hour.
Book manufacturing customers include: Not available for publication.
Contact: 800-220-3030, www.bowebellhowell.com

C.P. Bourg
Solution: Bourg Document Finisher (BDF)
Features: When paired with a Bourg Suction Tower, the Bourg Document Finisher can produce high-quality saddle-stitched documents (from 5.5x8.5-inches to 8.5x11-inches) at speeds of up to 4,000 per hour. It is fully automated and features several quality-control measures, including path jam detection and document status reporting. It is not only designed to interface with the Bourg Suction Tower Collator, but may also be paired with sheetfed or roll-fed laser copiers and high-speed digital printing engines.
Solution: Signature Booklet Maker (SBM4)
Features: The SBM4 is a self-contained, fully automated finishing system capable of performing three operations in a single, modular system. Together with a Bourg Suction Tower, it can produce high-quality saddle-stitched documents—on both coated and uncoated stocks—at speeds of up to 4,000 per hour. The stitcher uses a patented self-threading stitching wire cassette, making for easy loading/unloading.
Book manufacturing customers include: Not available for publication.
Contact: 508-998-2171, www.cpbourg.com

Duplo USA
Solution: DBM-120 Bookletmaker
Features: When integrated with Duplo’s collating and trimming solutions, the DBM-120 Bookletmaker can produce up to 2,400 professionally trimmed booklets per hour.
Solution: DBM-120SxS (Sheet by Sheet) Bookletmaker
Features: When connected to Duplo’s Document Sheet Feeder and DBM-120T Trimmer, can produce up to 1,800 booklets per hour, and is designed to be an ideal finishing solutions for short and medium runs.
Book manufacturing customers include: Lightning Source; Taylor Publishing
Contact: 949-752-8222 , www.duplousa.com