The Horizon HOF-400 is a saddle stitcher — sometimes referred to as a booklet maker — a category of finishing machine used to collate, stitch, and bind folded sheets into booklets and brochures. Horizon is a well-established manufacturer of print finishing equipment, producing machinery for commercial printers, digital print shops, and publishing operations worldwide. This example, built in 2022, is a used unit located in Germany.
More precisely, the HOF-400 functions as a fully automatic sheet feeder developed for offline digital booklet production, designed to work in conjunction with downstream saddle-stitching and booklet-making units. It removes sheets individually, checks and groups them, and delivers them as a block to the connected unit. Mark reading is employed to ensure reliable grouping and to accommodate booklets produced in varying sizes.
The machine accepts four-sided infeed sheets ranging from a minimum of 203 × 203 mm to a maximum of 610 × 356 mm, with the upper limit subject to the capabilities of the downstream unit. Paper weights from 50 to 160 g/m² are supported for uncoated stock, and from 70 to 160 g/m² for coated paper. The loading capacity is a generous 620 mm stack height. Feed throughput reaches up to 25,000 sheets per hour in A3 format, 35,000 sheets per hour in A4 portrait, and 45,000 sheets per hour in A4 landscape orientation.
Paper transport is handled by a suction belt feed system, and format changes are managed automatically through Horizon's TOUCH&WORK interface, which the manufacturer describes as enabling adjustment in seconds. The electrical supply requirement is 400 V at 1.8 A, drawing 1.0 kW. The machine measures 960 × 1,050 × 936 mm (L × W × H) and weighs 782 kg when configured with the optional FC-200A front cutter.
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