1998 - Müller Martini 3016-18 Monost Book Binder

About this machine

This Müller Martini 3016-18 Monost is a book binding machine — specifically a perfect binder, also commonly referred to as a perfect binding line — designed to produce softcover books and publications by gathering, gluing, covering, and trimming collated book blocks into finished bound volumes. Müller Martini is a well-established Swiss manufacturer specialising in print finishing and bookbinding equipment, serving commercial printers, publishers, and binderies worldwide with high-output inline and standalone binding systems.

This machine is offered as part of a complete perfect binding line, serial number , built in 1998 and currently located in Germany. The line comprises three principal sections: a gathering machine, the perfect binder itself, and a three-knife trimmer with stacker delivery, making it a fully integrated production system capable of taking loose signatures through to finished, trimmed softcover books.

The gathering section consists of a Müller Martini Type 1571 with 12 stations plus an additional hand station, allowing for flexible signature collation. A Müller Martini 3641 transfer element and reject gate manages quality control between the gatherer and the binder, while a Müller Martini 3643 transfer element connects the gathering section to the perfect binder.

The binder itself is the Müller Martini 3016-18 Monostar, fitted with 18 clamps. It includes a milling and notching station for spine preparation, hot-melt spine and side gluing with a pre-heating tank, a stream cover feeder, and a pressing station. Conveyor belts connect the binder output to the trimmer. The downstream trimming section is a Müller Martini Merit ), with a Müller Martini 3631 stacker delivery completing the line.

The line operates at a mechanical speed of 5,000 cycles per hour. The format range spans a minimum of 100 × 140 mm to a maximum of 420 × 305 mm, with book thickness handled from 3 mm up to 60 mm. Open cover width is accommodated between 203 mm and 642 mm. The machine has accumulated 28,000 hours of recorded production.

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