Swallowtail switches supplier with a buckle folder buy

Print Solutions

Swallowtail Print says that its new Stahlfolder TH 82, which will be delivered to Norwich in late spring, will provide double the output of its existing machine and give an overall 15 to 20% additional folding capacity.

The new folder will run alongside a KH 82, bought four and a half years ago, and a smaller B2 folder. The company says it anticipates a folder lasting ten or 15 years so it researched carefully and needed to know that the folder it chose would be robust and productive and that the supplier could offer top service and back up.

‘We had prioritised investment in the pressroom but the folding was becoming a bottleneck,’ said James Baxter, director. ‘We reviewed our options and I made a site visit to Sudbury Print Group with the bindery manager and folder operator. The operator was converted when he saw the TH 82 in action. It is important that the people running the technology, who understand folding better than me, are comfortable with it so his enthusiasm was the ultimate peace of mind.’

The automated folder has been specified with the Palamides delivery which will allow the company to run at maximum speed and with three up rather than two up output. The TH 82 handles sheets of up to 820 x 1200 mm and stock weights of 40 to 250 g/m2.

The company runs Speedmaster XL 105 and XL 75 presses and Heidelberg digital printing technology.