Saddle Stitching is the way most booklets and magazines are bound – wire staples hold the piece together through the spine / centrefold. The machine gathers together the printed and folded sections in the right order, with or without a cover, and then drives the required number of wire stitches through the centerfold where they clench. The stitched product then passes into a trimmer where the three open edges are trimmed to the finished size. Saddle stitching lines may also be equipped with a compensating stacker which stacks a pre-set numbers of items, turning the pile as it does so to form an even pile.
A saddle-stitched product lies almost flat when opened. Saddle stitching is a good choice for binding documents of up to 64-80 pages, in multiples of 4, depending on the paper bulk. Products involving more pages or of very thick bulk demand some other type of binding such as perfect binding.
Müller Martini 0249 Loop Stitching Heads (pair)
Müller Martini 0249 Loop - single
Müller Martini HK45 Narrow Stitching Head (single)
