Using Your Automatic Spinemaster; Online Operation - Watkiss spinemaster Operating Manual

ONLINE OPERATION

Watkiss Automatic SpineMaster Operator Guide - Issue 1a - April 2004
3 Using your Automatic
SpineMaster
The ASM can be used online to a variety of bookletmaking
machines. It will automatically start and stop as required,
controlled by the connected equipment.
1. First select the required Operating Mode and Book
Thickness Adjustment (see Chapter 2, 'About your
Automatic SpineMaster').
2. Start the connected equipment and run a single
booklet through the ASM.
3. Inspect the formed booklet, and adjust the Book
Thickness Adjustment or the Operating Mode as
required.
Spine Formations
Correct: This is how a well formed
spine should look.
Incorrect: The spine has not been
formed sufficiently.
Increase the Book Thickness Ad-
justment and/or use Double Pass
Mode
Incorrect: The spine has been
over-formed resulting in damage or
creasing on the cover.
Decrease the Book Thickness Ad-
justment and/or use Single Pass
Mode.
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