Perfect Bound Book Finishing

Quad-Creaser
Enhances the Look of Your Perfect Bound Books

Perfect Bound books are often judged by their cover. The Quad-Creaser replaces your OEM scoring mechanism to produce Letterpress quality creasing to the spine & hinge areas of your book covers.

This patented application uses specially formulated rubber & nylon creasing ribs that gently stretch the fibres—producing three times deeper crease applications to prevent print, coating and laminate from flaking away.

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The Flaking Problem

OEM Scoring Tools Damage Your Book Covers

Why OEM Scoring Fails

Your existing supplied OEM steel scoring modules are abrasive and create shallow indentations in the two spine & two hinge areas—often resulting in the flaking problem seen on finished books.

Two fatal flaws of OEM scoring:

  • 1.Made of steel—proven to break rather than gently soften cover stock fibres and coatings
  • 2.Create small V-shape indentations that are too weak and narrow for spine/hinge areas to fold cleanly

The problem is compounded by opening and closing of the front cover, adding more stress to the hinge. Weak scores also affect bonding of glue to hinge flaps.

The Quad-Creaser Solution

Specially formulated rubber creasing ribs gently manipulate and stretch the fibres in the cover material—so surface flaking is avoided.

  • Eliminates spine & hinge fibre cracking & flaking
  • Three times deeper creasing than OEM scoring tools
  • Can crease both sides of the cover
  • Excellent on UV coated, laminated and digitally printed stocks
  • Improves glue contact of hinge area to text pages
  • Allows easy cover opening flexibility
  • Installation is simple and requires no machine modifications
Key Benefits

Why Binderies Choose Quad-Creaser

1

Eliminate Outsourcing

No more gathering your covers to run through a separate Letterpress creasing machine. Quad-Creaser delivers letterpress-quality results inline.

Save time, labor costs, and logistics headaches

2

Fast ROI

Pays for itself (on average) within the first 4 months of purchase. Eliminate waste from flaking, reduce reprints, bring outsourced work in-house.

Most binding operations see immediate quality improvements

3

Fast & Simple Setup

Split creasing ribs easily insert into the locking collars—without removing shafts. Color-coded male/female system allows quick setup for all cover stock weights.

Enables 1 to 4 crease lines simultaneously

Additional Benefits:

Works perfectly on cross grain materials regardless of solid ink coverage
You can vary the spine and/or hinge widths & depths to work on all cover stocks
No more ripped sheets or split covers
Over 25 versions available for top brands of binding machines
Real Results

What Binderies Say

"We had to score thicker covers offline, and now we can do it inline. It has increased productivity, but it is more about the quality of the finished product. I would definitely put your product forward to other print houses."

Jonathan Ellis
Printed Easy

"We were utterly amazed when we tried the adjustable version of the Quad Creaser. Not only does the system eliminate fibre-cracking, but it also minimises the reset force of the cover. The Quad Creaser has allowed Kosel to raise its own quality standards for bound products."

Eugen Mayer
Book-binding Department Manager, Kosel GmbH, Germany

Upgrade Your Binding Quality

See how Quad-Creaser eliminates flaking and delivers letterpress-quality book covers inline.

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