Spiral binding is a popular and simple binding process used for various documents, including cookbooks and instruction manuals. It uses metal or plastic coils passed through perforations and allows the document to lay flat. Manual and automated machines are available for producing coil-bound products.
Spiral binding is a simple binding process that is used for a variety of different types of documents. It is not uncommon for formal presentations and proposals to be constructed using spiral binding. This form of binding is also a popular option for cookbooks and instruction manuals. Printed materials joined using coil binding do not have a proper spine, as do books and other documents bound by other methods. However, the coil binding allows the document to lay perfectly flat when opened.
There are several names for the coil binding process. Many brochures use what is known as spiral binding. These examples of coil binding use thin metal coils that are passed through a series of perforations along the top or left side of the document. The coils can be plain exposed metal types or the metal can be coated with a protective plastic cover that comes in many different colors.
Easy coils are another form of coil binding used in many business settings. Rather than using metal, this type of coil binding is made of plastic and features a round body with a series of arms that feed through the series of holes punched in the margin of the booklet. As the arms emerge from opposite sides of the holes, they are positioned tightly under the rounded coil body, making it unlikely that pages will slip out of line. Many companies still use manual binders that use this method to bind instruction booklets, presentations, and proposals. Cookbooks created and sold as fundraisers for non-profit organizations also use the type of spiral binding, as the process is relatively inexpensive.
While manual binding machines in common use still exist today, there are also automated machines that can produce a large quantity of coil-bound products in a short period of time. Coil binding machines of this type include a means of punching holes in the materials to be bound, keeping the materials aligned properly, and moving the materials into position so that the machinery can quickly insert and wind the coil into place. The machine can also crimp the ends of metal coils, ensuring they don’t slip out of place.
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