PowerSquare 224 Booklet Maker

The Watkiss Powersquare 224 is a unique and innovative complete book making system for digital and offset print applications. It enables you to produce SquareBack books up to 224 pages – perfect for high paginations or heavier paper stocks. SquareBack books can carry print on the spine, just like a perfect bound book. They are easy to handle, stack and pack.

In a single machine it combines the four processes of stitching, folding, spine forming and trimming to produce SquareBack books up to 224 pages thick. It features fully automatic settings for different book size and pagination, including variable stitch-leg length for varying book thickness.

The maximum finished book thickness – 10.4mm (approx 208 pages 80gsm, 224 pages 70gsm), is double that of alternative conventional booklet making machines, so it is ideally suited to higher paginations or to thicker stocks. This makes the Watkiss PowerSquareTM 224 a fast and cost-effective alternative to perfect binding or tape binding. Digital print applications frequently use heavier stocks and need the flexibility to produce a wider range of finished books from a single process, with little or no operator intervention – the Watkiss PowerSquareTM is a perfect match.

Key Features

• Paper Size – Offline: 120 x 200mm to 370 x 520mm
• Stock Range – 60 – 300gsm dependent on paper
• Book thickness:
• Minimum set thickness – 1 sheet 80gsm (when folded makes an 4 page leaflet)
• Maximum finished book thickness – 10.4mm (approx 208 pages 80gsm, 224 pages 70gsm)
• Maximum set thickness –  5.2mm (approx 52 sheets 80gsm, 56 sheets 70gsm)
• Stitching – Single heavy duty stitch head 1 – 6  stitches, evenly spaced on the spine of the book
• Stitches/spool: up to 291,500
• Books*/spool: approx 127,000
• Dimensions Offline – W1300mm x  D1870mm x  H1330mm