Tornado Autopunch EX | Rhin-O-Tuff

PROVEN TO REDUCE LABOR COSTS BY UP TO 40%

The Tornado Autopunch EX effortlessly collates and punches a diverse range of documents, spanning from essential business reports and day planners to sleek pocket calendars, agendas, and detailed instruction manuals. The Tornado Autopunch EX streamlines print production processes, boasting the ability to produce over 100 books per hour across most document configurations. By leveraging automated punching and binding equipment, businesses can enhance productivity, reduce labor costs, and ultimately improve profitability in the new year and beyond.

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IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY & COST-EFFECTIVENESS

The Tornado Autopunch EX® significantly reduces labor requirements by automating the collating and punching steps. This translates to substantial cost savings for businesses, with the potential to reduce the workforce by 50%.

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INCREASED EFFICIENCY & COST SAVINGS

The Tornado Autopunch EX® sets itself apart from other autopunches by offering a built-in collation feature. Unlike competing solutions, the Tornado Autopunch EX® streamlines more of the finishing process by automating both collating and punching steps.

MSRP Grand Total

$35,950.00

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By automating the collating and punching steps, the Tornado Autopunch EX® eliminates the risk of manual errors during the assembly of book components. Businesses can ensure that every book is accurate and consistent throughout, improving overall quality and customer satisfaction.

STREAMLINED WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

The Tornado Autopunch EX® improves workflow management, particularly for time-sensitive projects. It enables businesses to handle high-demand periods more efficiently, meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality finished products promptly.

VERSATILE & EFFICIENT PROCESSING

With the Tornado Autopunch EX®, businesses can process a wide range of media and book components more efficiently. It eliminates the challenges associated with manual insertion, enabling concurrent printing, punching, collating and binding for faster production processes.

EXPERT SPOTLIGHT

The collating feature is a huge labor-saving cost benefit. The labor-saving feature is vital in today’s times, labor cost inflation, but even more so, labor availability!!!!!

– AL BOESE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BINDRITE DEALERS ASSOCIATION

World’s First Automated Collating Punch: A single near-line automated collation and punching platform to meetthe needs of your on-demand print environment with a quick return on investment.
Advanced Media Handling Technology: Powered by BDT’s patented Tornado Technology to separate, lift and transport the widest range of media, including printed media and other book components like covers, tabs and inserts reliably minimizing downtime.
Automated Interposing of Covers/Index Tabs/Inserts: Interposer Bins holds book media, auto-collating front/back covers, inserts and index tabs into the book stack during punching. No manual collation required. Machine can also be run in collate-only mode.
Paper AccumulationTechnology: Designed to accumulate covers, tabs and document sheets and auto-adjust the punch lifts depending on the type of media being run for maximum punching performance.

TORNADO AUTOPUNCH EX SPECIFICATIONS
7" TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY	7" (178MM) TOUCH FUNCTION COLOR DISPLAY. JOB SET-UP & MONITORING: QUICK START MODE, PRESET MEDIA TYPES, JOB STATUS. DISPLAYS PUNCH/DIE CYCLE COUNT AND CHIP BIN STATUS.
SHEET SIZES	PUNCHED EDGE: 8.27" (210MM) TO 12" (305MM) UNPUNCHED EDGE: 5.5" (139.7MM) TO 12.5" (317.5MM) INDEX TABS: UP TO 1/2" (12.7MM) TAB EXTENSION
MEDIA	60 - 312 GSM INCLUDING: UNCOATED BOND PAPER, TEXT/OFFSET COATED PAPER PAPER, PLASTIC (ACETATE/PVC) & VINYL COVERS/TABS *PLASTIC MEDIA MUST BE RUN FROM AN INTERPOSER BIND ONLY
INTERPOSER CAPACITY	UP TO 1" (25MM) OF COVERS/INDEX TABS/INSERT SHEETS
MAIN BIN CAPACITY	UP TO 2500 SHEETS OF 75GSM (20LB.) BOND
PUNCHING SPEED	UP TO 10,800 SHEETS PER HOUR!
INTERCHANGEABLE DIE SETS	LETTER (US) AND A4 (INTL) FORMATS IN 9 BINDING STYLES
OFFSET STACKER	UP TO 2700 SHEETS OF 75GSM (20LB.) BOND
WEIGHT DIMENSIONS VOLTAGE	APPROX. 700LBS (317.5 KGS) 29.5" (750MM) WIDTH \| 50.3" (1279MM) DEPTH \| 57.7 (1466MM) HEIGHT 230 VOLT 50 HZ
WARRANTY	1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
DIE SET SPECIFICATIONS
DIE SET STYLES	19/21 HOLE PLASTIC COMB 4:1 COLOR COIL - ROUND AND OVERSIZED OVAL HOLE (.2475" OR 6MM) 3:1 TWIN LOOP WIRE - SQUARE AND ROUND HOLE 2:1 TWIN LOOP WIRE - SQUARE AND ROUND HOLE 11/12 HOLE VELOBIND LOOSE-LEAF - 3-5-7 HOLE AND 2-HOLE MEDICAL (8.5" SIDE) LOOSE-LEAF - A4 2-4 HOLE
RFID CHIP	DISPLAYS DIE SET TYPE IN LCD SCREEN TRACKS/DISPLAYS # OF PUNCH CYCLES/DIE SET
DISENGAGEABLE PUNCH PINS	PINS PULL OUT FOR VARYING PAPER SIZES
STORAGE	INTEGRATED STORAGE FOR UP TO 4 EXTRA DIE SETS

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800.390.5782

sales@pdibind.com

800.390.5782

PROVEN TO REDUCE LABOR COSTS BY UP TO 40%

IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY & COST-EFFECTIVENESS

INCREASED EFFICIENCY & COST SAVINGS

MSRP Grand Total

$35,950.00

SEARCH PRODUCTS WITH EASE

ERROR-FREE
FINISHING PROCESS

STREAMLINED WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

VERSATILE & EFFICIENT PROCESSING

EXPERT SPOTLIGHT