CreaseStream offers sheet feeding technology to other market areas

Print Solutions

CreaseStream has announced plans to licence its successful sheet feeding technology to digital print and finishing machine manufacturer's outside of the creasing area of the market. The company recently acquired full European patent status for the Gravity flow feeder and is about to receive the US equivalent.

The Gravity flow feeder is described by CreaseStream owner Graham Harris as a sheet feeding technology that works more efficiently than systems that use vacuum pumps and air jets in the design and construction. He explained, ‘Vacuum feeders are not only noisy and expensive, they can also struggle to cope with processing heavy stock materials because of weight and separation issues. And we know that friction feeders cope much better but are prone to marking digitally fed materials, scuffing the toner – let us just say that we created a feeding system based more on the friction method, that doesn't bring about such problems, it is simple and less complicated to work with.’

Graham sees an opportunity to make use of his patented feeder by allowing other manufacturers outside of the creasing sector to build and incorporate it into their own systems. CreaseStream utilises the feeder in all fully and semi automated creasing machines it produces, and Graham feels that there is good scope open in areas of print and finishing production.