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Paper Folding Machinery
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a stack of paper sheets. It consists of many operations such as cutting, folding, and gluing. A book might need dozens of operations to complete, according to the specific style and materials. Books bound by traditional methods often do not stay open by themselves due to the structure of the paper. To avoid this, pages are “double folded”. The paper structure is “broken” on two lines and permits the book to stay open. Even though double folding is a simple innovation it requires high precision and pages need to be accurately gripped as they go through the folding process. A manufacturer of bookbinding equipment contacted Megadyne requesting a drive design for a new paper folding machine because previous designs did not always fold the paper correctly. See more and discover how Megadyne sorted out the problem.