For uncoated paper, it still can be used. In our experience after 5-6 cycles the glue starts to get weaker: it becomes unsuitable for coated stock. Morgana perfect binder Digibook 450 PUR - format: 120x110 to 450x300 mm - cover: 240x120 bis 710x460 mm - cover feeder: air suction feeder, 4x scoring - book thickness: 1 - 50 mm - performance: up to 450 books/h. But heating up for two books, then heating up for another three books again in the next week. If you don't use it for a long-long time, it's generally not a problem. If you stick with an EVA or EVA-like glue (and a suitable machine), the main factor is that how many times you heat up and cool down a given amount of glue, which is actually in the machine. Also the scraping of the spine is a joke the box shape machines are for general office use, nothing more. PUR is the strongest, most flexible binding adhesive available and offers. Its about half the price of the Horizons / Duplos and it does everything the more expensive ones do, only at less than half the. Morgana DigiBook 450 the perfect binding machine for digital or litho printers.

Going on price only, Morgana would get the nod. You need the 'coffin-like' binder version, as the other kind can't reliably position the content pages into the spine area of the cover. Im currently shopping for a perfect binder (has to be PUR, as my ears are still ringing from a bad experience with coated stock from our Indigo and EVA adhesives). This hot melt glue binder offers a strong and professional. The main difference is that PUR must be stored in an airtight canister in the machine or in a detached part where it can't get too much moisture. Perfect bind books up to 60mm in thickness with the Morgana Printbind KB2000 perfect binder. Sterling offers such excellent material, which of course could be used for other machines as well. Some manufacturers claim that their glue, which can be handled like EVA will perform almost like PUR. EVA: with PUR you can reliably bind coated stock, while EVA must 'seep' into the stock, which isn't going to happen with today's coated stocks. The Morgana DigiBook 150 Perfect Binding Machine is an entry level PUR binder (perfect binding machine) and is ideally suited to traditional and digital.