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MBM 407A Automatic Programmable Tabletop Folder
If you’re looking for an extremely versatile tabletop folder, you’re looking for the 407A Automatic Programmable model from MBM. This model has six standard folds pre-programmed, but allows for 27 custom folds to be stored in its memory, ready to recall at any time.
How is it Used?
Other than its robust memory, the 407A is very similar to the 307A. It accepts 450 sheets at a time at up to 11″ x 17″ in size. It folds more than 11,000 per hour, and it features an automatic feed table ensures optimum feed pressure, so there are very few jams or adjustments for paper stock. The self-setting exit rollers ensure smooth ejection of folded paper and keep everything in neat sequential order. Check out the 407A Automatic Programmable Tabletop Folder for easy maintenance, durable all-metal construction, and the availability of an optional perforator or scorer.
And How Much Does it Cost
The 407A Automatic Programmable Tabletop Folder is $3,959 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
Why Your Small Utility Company Needs a Folding Machine and Inserter
Off to the east of Indianapolis (our hometown) is a small utility provider. A friend told me he went in there once and found the administrative staff sitting at their desks, folding bills and stuffing envelopes. It turns out they all took one day a month — about 5 hours — to fold and stuff all the bills for the day.
“Why don’t you have a machine that does that?” my friend asked one of the women folding away.
“They cost too much money,” said the woman. “We have to watch our costs.”
My friend was stunned. It’s this short of short-term bureaucratic thinking that ends up wasting money, instead of saving it. Somehow, managers get it in their heads that it’s somehow cost effective to pay employees $12 per hour to fold letters or bills, put them into envelopes, and run them through the postal machine.
Let’s break it down and see why this is just plain wrong.
If you pay 6 staffers $12 per hour to fold bills, that’s $72 per staff hour. And if it takes those staffers 5 hours to fold and stuff all those bills — keeping them in ZIP code order, no less — that’s $360 per month.
But look at the for $10,395. Sure that seems like a lot, but consider this:
The 6202 can fold and insert up to 2,200 pieces per hour, or do all the inserting that six people did in five hours. If one person ran the machine once a month, it would cost that utility $60 per day to run bills.
And save them $300 per month, or $3,600 per year. In three years, they will have paid for the machine. Every year after that, they’re going to save $3,600 per year.
This will end up making their entire office more efficient, freeing up the stuffers to work on other projects around the office.
MBM 352S Professional Series Air Suction Folder
This is not a wimpy tabletop folder. This is the Popeye of professional folding machines after a can of spinach. Take a closer look at the 352S Professional Series Air Suction Folder as it punches through 30,000 sheets per hour and you might see a little anchor tattooed heavy-duty, non-flexing side frames.
How is it Used?
The 352S is a top feeder allowing for the continuous feeding of your sheets. Because it’s an air suction feed system, it will have no problem with coated stocks, and it adjusts in seconds for standard and custom folds. Unlike some air suction feed folders the 352S Professional Series Folder is extremely quiet.
And How Much Does it Cost
The 352S Professional Series Air Suction Folder is $7,199 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
Direct mail shops can use perforation machine to offer different options
Despite some claims, direct mail is not dying. It continues to be a valuable medium to reach a variety of audiences for impression-based marketing and direct response. As a printer you know that direct response must include a reply device, sometimes including a business reply envelope (BRE).
For many companies and especially nonprofits, direct mail campaigns include a pre-perfed, tear-off sheet to include with their response device or invoice. Many printers buy pre-perfed paper from their suppliers, but they pass that price on to you, and your choice in stock can be limited. You can save money over the long run and offer a greater variety of materials to your customer base by simply purchasing a perforating machine.
It’s not like you’re going to have to hire another specialty trained staff member to run your perf machine. They’re easy to feed, most come with memory settings and they run fast – some run more than 5,000 sheets per hour. The settings are also often customizable, so your perforation doesn’t have to be standard. It can fit the customer’s needs.
So save some time waiting on perf paper orders from your supplier. Add value to your direct mail clients. And, increase your profitability by providing one more flexible service to your repertoire.
Lloyds of Indiana has some great options for low-volume and high-volume perforation machines. Check us out for competitive pricing and great service.
MBM 352F Professional Series Tabletop Folder
If you’ve got a need for speed, this tabletop folder will blow your socks off. The 352F Professional Series Folder folds 22,000 sheets per hour and it doesn’t even have racing stripes.
How is it Used?
The secret to the power and speed found in the 352F Professional Series Folder is its polyurethane foam rollers, which eliminate the need for pressure settings and grabs a variety of stocks without a problem. The needle bearings also add to the speed and the powered exit conveyor keeps everything sequential and neat. The 352F also has some great add-on options. You can skip buying a whole other machine if you add the optional extended delivery system, crossfold for right-angle folding, or the slitting, scoring, and perforating attachments.
And How Much Does it Cost
The 352F Professional Series Tabletop Folder is versatile and affordable – only $4.049 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
For more information on this tabletop folder or to place an order, please visit the Lloyd’s website.