How Econo-CreaseTM Works

Installation:

The ECONO-CREASE fits onto the top plate rail set on the folder as follows (for most models):

1. 1. Remove the top two fold plates (#1 and #3).
2. 2. Install a drive gear (we supply), onto the upper slitter shaft on the folder. This is as easy as installing a score wheel. Since the gear does not interfere with folding operations, it may be left on the folder, so this step need not be repeated.)
3. 3. Place the ECONO-CREASE onto the #1 plate rail set. It locks onto the rails with the plate clamps on the folder.
4. 4. Complete changeover time takes about five or ten minutes, plus the time it takes the operator to set score location and depth. (This can vary between jobs from 5 to 15 minutes.)

   How is ECONO-CREASE different from regular folder scoring?

   1. Paper goes straight from the side guide of feed table, into the first pair of rollers only, then into the ECONO-CREASE. (This means virtually no loss of register from the side guide.) Paper then drops into the cross-carrier for folding in the right angle section or onto the stacker for scoring only.

   2. ECONO-CREASE has an extremely fine depth adjustment. This precise control is needed to eliminate cracking on web oven-dried stock with heavy ink coverage. The depth adjustment on Stahl and MBO folders is straight up and down (no gradual movement). Ours works with an eccentric for a more precise adjustment.

   3. Our score wheels are solid male and female dies, similar to those found on heavy-duty Perfect Binder cover feeders. However, we use a special manufacturing process which eliminates any possibility of a lope in the score (due to tightening the set screw). The end result: virtually no difference between a letterpress matrix scored sheet and an ECONO-CREASE scored sheet. Contact us and ask for your free scored sample then compare it to your most recent letterpress-scored job, and see if you agree.