IBIS ISG-100 Cold-Glue Binding System

The Smart-binder may be supplied as model SB-3 which also includes IBIS’s unique ISG cold-glue binding system.

The Smart Label-binder, used to produce ECL booklets, normally uses ISG cold-glue binding when making Pharma ECLs but may use either ISG gluing or conventional wire stitching when making other types of ECLs, such as Agro-Chem.

ISG cold-glue binding produces a “stitchless” book which has better lay-flat qualities than a wire-stitched booklet, as illustrated in the photo below. The lay-flat difference is less pronounced when making thin booklets.

Booklets with ISG cold-glue (left) and conventional stitching (right)

ISG Cold-glue applicaton nozzle on the Smart-binder

The ISG cold-glue ‘nozzle’ applies a row of cold-glue ‘dots’ (or a continuous glue line) to the inside of each folded sheet as it passes through the Smart-binder folder. A light sensor detects each dot of cold-glue and stops the Smart-binder immediately if the nozzle is blocked to ensure only correctly bound booklets are produced. Sheets are then collected on top of each other (on the saddle) and pressed together tightly when they reach the stitching station (the stitching heads are inhibited when cold-gluing, or replaced with a pressing ‘anvil’).

The many advantages of ISG cold-gluing over conventional wire-stapling include: