Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 500

The Stitchmaster ST 500 is designed for rapid and versatile use in industrial saddlestitching, thanks to its individual drive technology, centralized control system, and diverse range of feeder models. It efficiently handles short runs, urgent jobs, products with varying complexity, numerous format changes, and long runs with high-quality monitoring. This flexibility ensures cost-effectiveness. Extensive automation options for the feeder, trimmer, stitcher, and compensating stacker significantly reduce makeready times, enabling highly efficient, high-output production. With a mechanical capacity of up to 13,000 cycles per hour, the Stitchmaster ST 500 is perfectly equipped to meet all commercial print shop needs.

Feeder

• Number of vertical feeder: 3
• Number of feeder: 2
• Cover feeder: 1
• automatic size setting
• Compressor included
• Touch Screen Control
• Long-range indicator lights for quick detection of stoppers
• Decentralized control point at each feeder
• Residual pile control
• 1:1 and 1:2 operating modes
• Feeder head height adjustable + 40mm
• Laterally adjustable feeder +/- 30mm (asymmetrical sheets)
• Divided magazine plate in the horizontal sheet feeder
• Non-contact sheet diverter
• Chrome-plated surfaces of the transport elements (avoidance of marks)
• External and internal creasing
• Cover feeder table adjustable in angle and parallelism
• double sheet control

Stitching unit

• Type: ST 500
• 2x stitching heads
• Automatic chain setting
• Quick-change device for stitching heads
• Lateral thickness control
• Length measurement
• Stitching in motion
• Staple position adjustable +/- 30 mm in motion

Stacker

• Type: CHA
• Serial number: FJ.DKSA-00251
• Double rake system for small formats
• automatic format adjustment in pre-gathering and rotating basket

Three knife trimmer

• Automatic format change

Technical Details

• Size min: 80 x 120 mm
• Size max: 315 x 475 mm
• Mechanical speed max: 13.000 cycles/h
• Size uncutted min: 80 x 128 mm
• Size uncutted max: 330 x 500 mm
• Thickness max: 12 mm