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Muller Martini Amigo Plus Perfect Binder (Lab) Emergency Stop (2) Control Panel Slide out control panel Hot glue 170 degrees 4 clamps, open and close Fully open when near black strip Closes near yellow strip Fully closed when in machine Basic Principle: Takes signatures Grind off spine, roughen up Glue back together Put cover on Infeed Section - Very manual process 4 clamps that rotate around Open and close to hold book block Black section is fully opened, table underneath First and second point of registration on spine Yellow section starts to close Third point of registration at head Feeding technique Jog spine and head Hold book block top right corner (right hand) Left hand on bottom left corner of spine Slide in clamp Middle first, then push over to left side registration Intermediate Dropping Table Grinds off spine 1/8” –1/4” Must leave 1/8” paper at spine to grind off Grinds off with milling blade Diamond shape blade Roughens spine to apply more glue Allows more surface area Allows signatures to drop down on table ¼” Signatures now only one millimeter below clamp Clamp opens a little bit, drops on table, exposes paper Detects if there is a book block in clamp If there is, it will feed a cover Spine Glue Applied by 2 counter rotating wheels Hot melt EVA (ethyl vinyl estate) glue Strong Flexible

Heated to 170 degrees Chip format Needs to melt, which takes awhile Side Glue 3 millimeter stripe front & back near spine to hold cover EVA pellet format 170 degrees Slightly different Not flexible Premelter Giant external glue pot Optional (we don’t have one) Must stop machine to refill Can have external glue melt instead Don’t have to stop machine Cover Feeder Feeds from bottom cover Suckers grab bottom to infeed rollers Scored in 4 places 2 to create spine (adjustable) 2 outside spine (create hinge ¼”) We score so the pages don’t crack (fold with grain direction) Nipping Station Nipping table: receives cover, adjusts front to back (not side to side) Apply cover to book block Table presses cover up into book block spine Pushes spine in-between 2 brass plates Allow cover to be pushed down Will nip Table moves up and follows around while nipping Chute Delivery Book falls out onto chute Very manual process Must take book out Sometimes book will fall inside one another Which will apply stress to the spine Optional Delivery: belt delivery Conveyer belt Allows more time to pick up book

Waste Extraction System All grind off paper/ dust Gets emptied once a year...