General Binding SureBind 230VAC Service Manual page 2

1.0 INTRODUCTION
This machine is a completely self-contained tabletop unit capable of punching up to 1/8"
(3.2 mm.) thick by 14 7/8" (378 mm.) wide stacks of paper (approximately 25 sheets of
20 pound bond paper). It is capable of binding documents up to 3" (76 mm.) thick by 14
7/8" (378 mm.) wide (approximately 750 sheets of 20 pound bond paper). This machine
is also capable of "debinding" documents up to 3" (76 mm.) thick.
The binding is accomplished by using the VeloBind and SureBind patented strip process.
This process consists of compressing the punched edge of the document between two
plastic strips: one strip with pins, the other strip with matching holes. A heated blade
cuts the pins, and forms a rivet in the countersunk holes of the bottom strip to securely
bind the document pages together.
The "debinding" process is accomplished by inserting the bound document against the
bind edge guide and the strip edge against the backstop, with the small hole in the bottom
strip securely placed on the locating pin. The "debind" switch is depressed turning on the
"debind" indicator light. The pressure bar is lowered onto the document, the blade comes
forward, stops, the "debinding" light illuminates, the display panel counts down the
debind time, and the blade heats the sealed rivets for fifteen seconds. The "debinding"
light extinguishes, the blade retracts, the pressure bar raises, the operator removes the
document, and peels the top strip away from the document.
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