If you are looking for a new binding style for
your office, you may want to consider GBC Velobind. Velobind provides a
highly professional look and feel to your presentations and proposals
while minimizing the number of supplies that you need to keep on hand. If you are considering choosing Velobind for your documents
here are a few things you might like to know.
If you are looking for a new binding style for
your office, you may want to consider GBC Velobind. Velobind provides a
highly professional look and feel to your presentations and proposals
while minimizing the number of supplies that you need to keep on hand.
It uses a thin strip along the bound edge of the document that is
either riveted or is snapped in place. This strip includes a "Comb"
that has a number of prongs and a "receiving strip" for the back of the
document. If you are considering choosing Velobind for your documents
here are a few things you might like to know.
There are actually several different types of Velobind
binding systems. The two most common types of are Hot Knife Systems and
Four Pin Recloseable Systems. Hot Knife systems use heat to permanently
rivet the binding spine in place while the four pin Recloseable system
simply has pins that snap into the receiving strip. Two other types
include six-pin and one-eleven binding. However, although six pin and
One Eleven strips are still available, binding equipment for these
systems is no longer available.
Depending on the type of
Velobind system that you have the number of pins on the "Comb" will
vary. Hot Knife systems use 11 pin strips with smooth pins. The V50 and
V110e use four pin strips. The One Eleven Binding Machine (now
discontinued) uses eleven pin strips with serrated pins and the
Personal Velobind System (now discontinued) uses six pin binding
strips.
One of the greatest advantages of the Velobind
binding system is that the number of supplies that you need to stock is
smaller than with almost any other system. Binding systems for Combs ,
Coil and Wire require different sized supplies for different
thicknesses in books. However, with Velobind you can buy one size
binding strip and you can bind any document up to that thickness. Using
the System Three you can use a 3" binding strip to bind any document
from 2 pages up to 3". This greatly cuts down on the space required to
store your binding supplies.
Velobind is one of the only
binding style that offers the availability to handle documents that are
larger than two inches. Plastic Combs, Spiral Coil and Thermal binding
all offer the ability to finish documents up to 2" thick. However, with
the System Three you can bind documents as thick as three inches. This
added capacity is perfect for law offices, accountants and government
agencies with extra large reports that need to be completed.
Depending
on the system that you select, Velobind offers either the security of a
permanent bind or the convenience of easy editing. Hot Knife systems
permanently rivet the strips into place providing a secure tamper proof
bind to your documents and proposals. Or, if you are looking for a
binding style that allows for easy editing of documents on the fly,
Four Pin Velobind allows for easy addition and removal of pages. The
best thing is, if you have a Hot Knife System , the 11 hole pattern
will work for use with four pin strips so you don't need two different
machines.
Although there are lots of other great things about this type of
document finishing, hopefully this list of five things you might want
to know about Velobind will help you in your quest to choose the right
style for your office. Just remember, if you have a question, it never
hurts to ask.
Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written over 100 articles on binding machines, binding covers, binding supplies,laminators,laminating supplies,paper handling equipments,binders,index tabs, and shredders.
