01 Saddler
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Cut and grouped pages are stradled onto the conveyor
02 Stitcher
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Grouped pages are stapled or "stitched" together
03 Clipper
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After the magazines are flattened onto the conveyor on the far end of the line, the clipper heads trim away excess edges to match 'bleed' specifications
04 Folder
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The Folding machine then folds the magazines in vertical halves in preparation for packaging
05 Onsert Machine
Controller
Front
Rear
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Places one onsert each onto the tops of the magazines as they pass its position; there are a total of three onsert machines on this line, enabling us to put as many as three onserts onto each magazine
06 Poly Bagger
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Wraps the magazines poly-wrap and hot cutters clip and seal the magazines to size specifications
07 Shipping Labler (not shown)
-Mail merges our mailing list onto the poly bags with an ink sprayer
08 Sort & Stack
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Automatically presorts the finished magazines according to zip codes, stacks and bundle wraps them
09 Palletized
-Finished bundles are then removed from the line and palletized for shipment
Below is a diagram of the production line that packages The Trades' newsprint magazines. Follow the links to view actual videos of this line in action.
