The ETitanCoil is a high quality, durable spiral coil binding machine that is Manufactured by DFG (Digital Finishing Group).It
is heavy duty, reliable, user-friendly, and functional.It can
punch more sheets than any other machine in its class and the unique
design of the ETitanCoil makes it one of the only coil binding machines
in the world that offers full disengagement-pins.These
things make the E-Titan coil ideal for punching documents of any size
including calendars, scrapbooks, photobooks, craft projects and more.
Overview:
The ETitanCoil is a high quality, durable spiral coil binding machine that is Manufactured by DFG (Digital Finishing Group).
It
is heavy duty, reliable, user-friendly, and functional. All of these
things make the E-Titan Coil an excellent choice for Print on Demand,
Quick Printers, copy shops and large corporations.
It can
punch more sheets than any other machine in its class and the unique
design of the ETitanCoil makes it one of the only coil binding machines
in the world that offers full disengagement-pins.
These
things make the E-Titan coil ideal for punching documents of any size
including calendars, scrapbooks, photobooks, craft projects and more.
Strengths / Features:
When
looking at the Etitancoil the first that you will notice is its heavy
duty construction. The machine is made almost entirely of metal and
weighs more than fifty pounds. The heavy duty metal case and punching
table make this machine both strong and durable. In fact, the heavy
duty construction and powerful motor in this machine allows users to
punch up to twenty-five sheets of paper at a time. This is important if
you plan on using your binding machine a lot within your organization.
One
thing that is notable about the E Titan Coil is that it has full
disengageable punching dies. When you look at the machine from the
front you will notice 46 metal pull pins right above the punching
throat. These pull pins allow you to stop any one of the holes on this
machine from punching. This is an extremely useful feature for
organizations that need to bind custom length books that are either
longer or shorter than eleven inches. In fact, the disengageable dies
make it possible to bind small booklets and documents that are up to
twenty one inches in length.
On the right hand side of the
machine there is a blue lever. This is a tool for measuring the spine
of your book. You simply put the book under the lever and push it down.
The measuring guide will show you the size of coil that you need to use
for your documents.
The E-TitanCoil also has an adjustable
depth of punch margin control. This small blue lever on the left side
of the machine allows you to move the holes closer to the edge of your
book for binding small documents and further from the edge to add
strength to your thick books.
Weaknesses / Limitations:
Although
the ETitanCoil has a built in electric coil inserter, I found the coil
inserter on this machine harder to operate than some of the other coil
inserters that I have used. The roller is inconveniently mounted on the
top of the machine. This means that you need to lift the pages of your
document up to the roller. The roller is also only half the length of
the machine (about six inches). Many other coil binding machines
include a full length coil to help improve traction and improve
inserting. The coil inserter still works, it is just more difficult to
use than the coil inserters that are included on the Akiles CoilMac
binding machines.
Although the machine is extremely well
built and utilizes heavy duty metal components, the foot pedal is not
nearly as durable. The pedal is fairly small and is not as strong as
the foot pedals on other similar pieces of binding equipment. Over time
as users step on this pedal hundreds and thousands of times, the foot
pedal may wear out or break.
The only other potential
limitation that I noticed with this machine is that the chip tray seems
a little bit small for a system of this size. This simply means that
you will need to empty the tray more often in order to ensure that the
chips don't back up into the punching mechanism. This isn't a huge
deal. Just something to keep in mind.
Recommendation:
The
E-TitanCoil is an extremely well built and durable binding machine that
is designed for medium to large sized organizations that need to bind
documents using 4:1 pitch coil.
It is one of the only
machines on the market with fully disengageable pins. This makes it a
great choice for binding documents that are printed on non standard
sheet sizes.
However, for users that primarily bind letter
sized sheets the placement and design of the coil inserter as well as
the durability of the foot pedal make this machine a close runner up in
quality to the Akiles CoilMac EPI.
This review was written by Jeff McRitchie who is the director of marketing for Mybinding.com
Jeff has written more than three hundred articles and more than two
hundred reviews on Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers,
3-Ring Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Supplies, Paper
Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment.
