Machines/Meccanotecnica · Aster

Meccanotecnica asterTOP

Automatic book sewing machine with automatic size changeIn current production

The Meccanotecnica asterTOP is an automatic book sewing machine with automatic size change. It runs at up to 18,000 cycles/h.

Each job you run comes with its own specific problems, and more often than not the culprit is found on the tooling shafts. The standard finishing tools supplied with your machine aren’t accurate, versatile or delicate enough for the results you and your customers expect. At Technifold we design and build bespoke, retro-fit premium finishing tools to solve both common and complex finishing problems.

Your asterTOP, finished properly.

What fits the asterTOP? Get the answer →

Patented in the UK · 45,000+ tools running in 79 countries · since 1999

Meccanotecnica asterTOP automatic book sewing machine — official product photo

What we solve

Problems we eliminate on the asterTOP

Signature creasing, by sheet weightA crease deep enough to hold the fold and gentle enough for light, porous signatures. Three colour-coded ribs instead of one fixed metal profile.See how we eliminate it →

Custom & OEM toolingA part that is obsolete, impossible to source, or never existed. If it is a wheel, a blade, a rib or a holder that touches paper or board, we can probably make it.See how we eliminate it →

The next step

Tell us the jobs you run on your Meccanotecnica asterTOP

We’ll email you exactly what fits your machine and what it costs, specified by the engineers who make the tools, not picked from a catalogue.

No payment details, no commitment. If it looks right, your first 30 days on the machine are free. A money-back promise has backed this tooling since 1999.

25 years · 45,000+ tools running worldwide