American Graphic Arts has sold used machinery to the graphic arts industry since 1933. In 1995, based on numerous customer inquiries, we chose to form a new company named On Demand Machinery, who's mission was to design and manufacture a complete line of on demand hard cover binding machinery. Our first prototypes were unveiled at the 1997 On Demand Digital Printing and Publishing Show. During this show, we met several representatives from the Xerox Corporation and we have been a Xerox finishing partner ever since! Our goal from inception was to make a line of equipment that was both economical and easy to use. I am sure you will find our ODM Casemaking Line, Sticker Casing In and Smasher Building In Machines an ideal entry level solution for the production of on demand hard cover books.

During case making, we will make the hard cover that will become the outer shell of the book. We start with either a piece of book cloth, or printed-paper. The operator feeds the material thought the Spreader topside gluer, where a uniform coating of PVA (cold) adhesive is applied to the sheet. The freshly glued cover material is inserted into the Slider sliding table case gauge that allows the operator to accurately position all three cover boards that will comprise the book cover. Once the cover boards are spotted in place, the operator inserts the cover into the Stomper air operated turning in machine where all four sides of the cover material are turned in, or wrapped around the edges of the cover boards. During the final step of case making, the finished cover is fed through the Squeezer rotary squeeze press where the cover is pressed to insure that the cover material and boards are securely laminated.

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The pages, or signatures need to be bound prior to casing in. The Sticker casing in machine will accept all types of book blocks. During casing in, the book block and cover are married together. The operation of the Sticker consists of straddling the book on a permanent wing while the wing is in the top position. After the book is loaded, the operator depresses a foot switch that drops the wing below the glue rollers. A servo- motor brings in two glue pots that contact the book. While the wing moves upward a uniform coating of PVA adhesive (cold glue) is applied to each of the end leaves. As the book emerges from the glue pots and returns to the top position, the operator places the cover on the book block and removes the book from the wing. The exceptional control of the glue film thickness leads to a drastic savings in the cost of adhesive and eliminates costly GLUE SQUEEZE OUT! Imagine the elimination of your glue squeeze out inspection team!

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During Building In, the book is clamped under 20,000 pounds or hydraulic pressure and the joint area / hinge area is clamped with forming irons. The operator places the cased-in book into the machine and steps on a foot petal to find the joint area of the book. Once the joint area is located, the operator activates the hydraulic clamping pressure of the machine. The overall book is clamped between two steel platens and the joint area is pressed with heated irons. The heated joint irons aid in forming the joint by re-activating the adhesive in the joint area and softening hard cover materials such as library buckram. The machine also has an adjustable dwell timer that controls how long the book remains under pressure. In addition, the heated joint irons have a thermostat for varying the degree of temperature.

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The Straightener takes warped cover boards, or covers and removes the curl that sometimes occurs during the board manufacturing process and or, casemaking.  The operator simply feeds the warped material into the machine where it is run through a three roller dewarping station.  The amount of dewarping action is easily controlled with hand tightened adjustment knobs located on the top of the machine.  When the boards exit the machine they come to rest in a well constructed material catching basin.

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The ODM Stencil gluing machine applies a pattern of adhesive or overall coating to photo album pages, envelopes, sample cards, display easels, pressure sensitive box blanks, skin pack cards or any product requiring a precision coating of adhesive in a pattern. The machine handles latex and self-stick adhesives, and can be supplemented with drying conveyor, perforating wheels, folding plows, stacking table or automatic feeder. The standard size machine will handle a maximum size product of 18" in width by 20" in length. Production speeds between 3,000 and 3,500 per hour can be easily achieved.

The in-feed chains are constructed from standard roller chain and can easily be adjusted on the fly
The machine comes equipped with an air powered impression cylinder that is activated with an electric eye
A stencil template registration system enables patterns to be re-used
The simplified glue pot design is user friendly and easily removed from the machine for a fast clean up
A cylinder pressure adjustment can be made in seconds
The glue pattern registration system outputs a precision placement of adhesive on the sheet
The machine incorporates ball bearings throughout, making it virtually maintenance free

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The ODM Air Press machine for pressing, compacting and squashing. Ideal for photo album pages, file folder products featuring an accordion type folder and many hand assembly items that require pressing.

Easy to operate and install
Unique safety system promotes safe operation with one touch control
Lightweight tabletop unit
Maximum pressing size: 14" x 14" with an opening up to 4"
Standard 4" stroke, larger models available upon request


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