Hydraulic Book Nipping Machine Book Nipping Press Pressure Hydraulic -PLC controlled NIPPING the process of reducing / knocking out the SWELL in the spine of a thread sewn book-block, being prepared for Hard-Case or Soft-cover binding adding in firmness, solidity and enhanced quality of the finished product BOOK.

Traditionally the book-blocks for Hard or Soft Cover binding with the spine-glued or unglued were hammered at the spine with a wooden which adversely affects the Binding and finish of the BOOKS.

Duration of stroke/s controlled with the help of PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) set in 0.1 seconds increments for the desired size. Once the required parameters are set for a given lot of book-blocks, all books of the same lot will have uniform spine thickness. On an average 700/ 800 books (single block upto 30mm spine thickness) can be pressed per hour.

Other operator friendly features are: Selection of Manual, Single or Multi-Stroke option; Counter for number of book-blocks processed; Dedicated switches for Clamping and Nipping functions in Manual Mode. Safety: Emergency Switch and and Recycle Push-Buttons are located conveniently on the Top Cover. Incase of an accident or the process needs to be cancelled midway, the Emergency Switch aborts the cycle.

NIPPING results are best achieved if the signatures (soon after folding) are pressed in the Nanak Nam Bundling Press. PLC based Control Panel for optimum reliability and simplified diagnostics.