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Tech-ni-Fold Technicrease

A low-cost crease-score-perf option for narrow or medium-width web-fed presses, says Simon Eccles

our Tech-ni-Fold tooling to Technicrease
shafts in any and all combinations. With
over 20 crease and score settings, we
ensure the best finish on any stock.”
Crease, score and perforation positions are
changed by undoing a single grub screw on
the tool, so its position on the shaft can be
moved. Shafts are easily removed within
seconds to change from one tool to another,
or from one setup to another. An optional
spine and hinge tool helps with perfect
bound covers.
If a certain crease setting isn’t quite right,
the creasing band can be changed in sec-
onds without any other movement, you
simply slide the collar that’s holding it in to
the side, remove the creasing band and
replace it with the version you require.
“Our research found that rotary and semi-
What does it do? “With the rise of web-fed finishing, we have
Specifications rotary dies, although popular, often fail
It is an affordable inline linear finishing been able to provide a simple and cost- when it comes to crease quality, registra-
attachment for narrow- and medium-web Technology: effective solution that saves businesses sig-
printing machines (and some inline finish- Shafts carrying nificant amounts on finishing work tion and versatility. We knew that we can
ers) that uses Tech-ni-Fold’s well estab- multiple inter- previously prone to misregistration or solve all three of those problems for a huge
lished patented system of movable wheels changeable finish- requiring offline processes.” percentage of the industry that requires the
for multiple creasing, micro-perforating ing wheels for Technicrease works in the web direction best possible quality, mainly creasing in the
and slitting in the same pass. The wheel slitting, creasing only, with no cross-creasing or perfs, web direction. We will save them money by
positions and creasing bands can quickly be and micro-perfing though Harris says “finishing across the eliminating thousands of wasted meters of
changed. Max web width: sheet is very much the next step. We will printed material when an older style of
The units are custom built in Tech-ni- 1m only release a product when it’s 100%
Fold’s factory in Lutterworth, with a big ready.” creasing either misregisters, causes crack-
attraction being the price, typically from Creasing range: Five ing or just doesn’t have the required setting
£4,000 to £11,000 depending on size and colour-coded band How does it work? for what they want to do.”
configuration. sets, for overlap- Each unit is built to the required web width
Tech-ni-Fold’s managing director Jack ping stock weight with fittings to attach to the host machine. How easy is it to use?
Harris says it can “eliminate fibre-cracking ranges, from It can also be added to web converting and “Any web press operator, even without
on all types of printed materials, including 60-450gsm finishing lines. Free-moving bearings let it
challenging digitally printed products”. match any speed of web line. It’s self-con- prior experience, can quickly get the system
Price: running,” says Harris. “There are no com-
Typically £4,000 to tained with no motor, mechanical or data
What markets is it aimed at? link needed. A built in calliper adjuster is plex die setups or offline processes needed,
£11,000 depending
“Technicrease was developed to meet the on spec set from a piece of the paper or board from enabling businesses to crease inline at full
growing demand for high-quality creasing the job. press speeds.”
in the web-fed finishing market,” says It’s a development of the Tech-ni-Fold sys- Full guidance to crease settings for each
Harris “It’s aimed at particularly those pro- tem invented by Jack Harris’ father Graham material weight and type is included in the
ducing packaging, paper or cartonboard in 1999, and developed into the Tri-Creaser
products like boxes, sleeves, cards, Z-folds, slit/perf/crease system that can be added to training and the documentation. “So far
trifolds and perfect-bound book covers. It sheet-fed presses or folders. The wheels and every installed system has been set up per-
runs at the same speed as the host press or shafts work in exactly the same way as a fectly by an operator within minutes,” he
finishing line. sheetfed machine, Harris says. “We can fit says.
“It’s aimed at particularly those producing packaging, paper or cartonboard products.”

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