This Heidelberg Stitchmaster S is a saddle stitcher — sometimes referred to as a saddle stapler or booklet stitcher — a finishing machine used in the print industry to collate, stitch, and trim folded signatures into bound booklets, catalogues, and brochures. Heidelberg is one of the most widely recognised names in commercial and industrial printing equipment, known for manufacturing high-specification sheetfed offset presses and finishing machinery serving print shops and binderies worldwide.
Built in 2005 and currently located in Germany, this used machine is configured as a comprehensive, fully integrated stitching line. The feeding section comprises four drum feeders of the vertical TAS type, complemented by two drum feeders of the horizontal TAL type, giving the line a total of six feeding stations to accommodate a wide range of signature and insert combinations. A dedicated cover feeder, the UFA 400 model, handles the outer cover sheet separately, as is standard practice on saddle stitching lines of this specification.
The stitching unit is an ST 400, fitted with four staple stitching heads and two eyelet stitching heads — a combination that allows the machine to produce both conventionally stapled booklets and eyelet-bound products from the same platform, adding flexibility to its output capability.
After stitching, the product passes through a TR 400 trimmer equipped with a centre cut function, which trims the booklet to its final dimensions and splits double-up work where required. Finished products are then handled by a Gämmerler BL 408 stacker, which delivers counted and stacked output ready for despatch. This machine is offered with worldwide delivery and installation available.
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