HSF 2024 NEWSON THE HORIZON!
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SYSTEMSINLINE PRESSROBOT ARM
PERFECT BINDINGSYSTEM

DUAL-BINDERPOD LINE

BOOK BLOCKS ARE PRINTED PAGE-BY-PAGEAND ACCUMULATED IN A JOGGING STATION.
COMPLETE BOOK BLOCKS ARE FED INTOOUR BRAND NEW BQ-300 SINGLE CLAMPPERFECT BINDER BY A ROBOTIC ARM FORBINDING AND THEN SENTTO THE TRAFFICCONTROLCONVEYOR.

AGV CONNECTEDPERFECT BINDING
SYSTEMSHEETS ARE PRINTED NEARLINE ANDTHEN TRANSPORTED DIRECTLY TOOUR SMARTSLITTER WITH AN AGVWHERE THEY ARE PROCESSED INTOBOOK BLOCKS. NEXT A ROBOT ARM
TAKES EACH BOOK BLOCK ANDSCANS, CALIPERS, AND FEEDSTHEM INTO THE BQ-500 4 CLAMPPERFECT BINDER. THIS BQ-500
FEATURES A MULTI-BIN COVERSHEET FEEDER THAT FEEDSCOVERS DEPENDING ON THESCANNED BOOK-BLOCK BARCODE.
AFTER PERFECT BINDING, BOOKS ARE
TRANSPORTEDDOWNSTREAM TO THE
TRAFFIC CONTROLCONVEYOR.

COMBINED TRIMMING AND PACKAGINGTHE TRAFFIC CONTROL CONVEYOR INTAKES BOOKS FROM BOTH
SYSTEMS AND SENDS THEM TO THE HT-1000V THREE KNIFE TRIMMERFOR FINAL TRIMMING. FINISHED BOOKS ARE PACKAGED ANDSORTED USING A BARCODE READING SYSTEM, THENTRANSPORTED TO SHIPPING WITH AN AMR.
(PACKAGING SYSTEM NOT SHOWN IN GRAPHIC)AGV CONNECTEDSADDLE STITCHERSHEETS ARE PRINTED NEARLINE BEFOREBEING BROUGHT BY AGV TO THE BRAND
NEW SHEET FEEDER HSF-50
CONNECTED TO OUR ICE STITCHLINERMARK V. THEY ARE THEN FED INTO THE
MARK V AT UP TO 45,000 SHEETS\HR,STITCHED, AND TRIMMED. FINISHEDBOOKLETS ARE AUTOMATICALLY STACKED,BANDED, AND PALLETIZED BY A ROBOTIC ARM.
FINALLY, PALLETIZED BOOKLETS ARE PICKED UP BY AGVAND TRANSPORTED TO SHIPPING.

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SYSTEMS CONT.

ROBOT ARM BOOKPRODUCTION SYSTEMPRINTED SHEETS ARE FED AND ACCUMULATED INTOBOOK BLOCKS ON A JOGGING STATION WITH OUR HOF400 SHEET FEEDER. COMPLETE BOOK BLOCKS AREAUTOMATICALLY FED INTO A BQ-300 SINGLE CLAMPPERFECT BINDER WITH A ROBOT ARM AND THEN
TRIMMED INLINE WITH A HT-300 THREE WAY TRIMMERFOR ONE-PASS BOOK PRODUCTION.

PRINTER INLINE WITH PERFECTBINDING SYSTEMTHIS WEB-FED SYSTEM MAKES SMALL BATCH AND VARIABLE BOOK PRODUCTION POSSIBLE WITH INLINEPRINTING AND FINISHING. A HIGH QUALITY TRACKING SYSTEM ENSURES THAT EACH BOOK, DESPITEVARYING THICKNESSES AND FORMATS, HAS NO PRINT QUALITY MISTAKES AND IS FINISHED CORRECTLY.
THE HSF 2024 SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A LBF-500 LOOSE SHEET BOOK BLOCK FEEDER IN PLACE OF THEBBF-480 PICTURED BELOW.

HORIZON SMART FACTORY 2024 INFODATE: OCTOBER 2-4, 2024
LOCATION: HORIZON INNOVATION PARK1600 ASAHI, SHINASAHI-CHO, TAKASHIMA, SHIGA, JAPANORGANIZER: HORIZON GROUPPARTNERSRICOH COMPANY LTD.
CANON MARKETING JAPAN INC.
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONDAC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
RYOBI MHI GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY LTD.
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
SCREEN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS CO. , LTD.
HUNKELERSPENCERMETRICS
JSPIRITS INC.
TECNAUKONICA MINOLTA JAPAN INC.
TESSITURA GMBHONEVISION SOFTWARE AGULTIMATE TECH INC.
IN COOPERATION WITH:VALUE MACHINE INTERNATIONAL CO, LTD.

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