Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . Seybold Standing Press. PRESSING. For this operation there are many different styles ofpresses, from the simple wooden to the complex one in use in the majority of establishments is the PRESSING 97 plain four-rod press. Because of the constant necessityof blocking, a much improved press is now on the this press, pressure may be instantly applied toany size pile. This does away with the old, laboriousmethod of blocking. The platen, detached from the screw,is suspended by two steel chains, passing over pulleys on. Berry Pneumatic
Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . Seybold Standing Press. PRESSING. For this operation there are many different styles ofpresses, from the simple wooden to the complex one in use in the majority of establishments is the PRESSING 97 plain four-rod press. Because of the constant necessityof blocking, a much improved press is now on the this press, pressure may be instantly applied toany size pile. This does away with the old, laboriousmethod of blocking. The platen, detached from the screw,is suspended by two steel chains, passing over pulleys on. Berry Pneumatic Standing Press. top, on which are hung two counter-weights outside theupright rods. By this means the platen may be instantlyraised or lowered and brought directly on the pile to bepressed. The equipment of each machine includes steeltubing of various lengths to fill the space between theplaten and the screw. Final pressure is applied with a 98 BOOKBINDING bar, fitting into a hinged socket and dropping into one ofthe notches of the revolving disc. After being swungaround, the bar, without removal from the socket, is liftedinto the next notch. For heavy and rapid work, compressed air does allthe work. Operated by means of small lever seen on theside of the illustration on the preceding page.
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