Strappers Stress Speed
Although companies use new technologies to improve bundle-strapping equipment, newspapers still experience a "hard-knock life" before they reach a reader's doorstep. Several innovations exhibited at NEXPO'98 could ease their path.
Dynaric Inc. of Teaneck, N.J., introduced two additions to its strapping line. The NP-3 is geared toward in-line newspaper operations, and the RLM-1 is aimed at off-line strapping such as mail operations, said Bob Frey, graphic-arts sales manager for Dynaric.
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The system developed by Samuel Strapping Systems Inc. of Hodgkins, Ill., includes a high-speed model and a middle-speed machine for inserts. David Hornik, newspaper-industry manager for Samuel Strapping, said that a sensor alerts operators to problems and stops the machine without wasting a step.
Sterling Packaging Systems of Westlake, Ohio, introduced a fully automatic strapping machine, the GR-45. The operator-friendly machine, with touch-screen diagnostics and waist-high automatic strap loading, can strap 45 bundles per minute, handle any shape and deliver high tension if needed.