How to Use a Wire Binding Machine?

Easi Tech
3 min readSep 6, 2018

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A binding machine is a very useful device used to secure important pages together. From binding office reports to give all marketing materials a sleek, well-defined look, binding machines help us in multiple ways.

There are two main categories of binding — Manual binding and Electric binding. Manual binding is used when we need to bind a few numbers of pages. However, in case of a larger volume of work, electric binding is the best option.

There is a wide variety of binding machines available on the market including comb binding, spiral binding, wire binding, thermal binding and more. Each type of binding machine has its own technique and style to bind a document. Nowadays, wire binding is the most popular method used by businesses to create professional looking documents. Let’s talk about it and its usage-

There are three different punching formats for wire binding machines: 3:1 pitch, 2:1 pitch and Spiral-O. Each format punches 3 holes per inch of paper, 2 holes per inch of paper respectively and Spiral-O uses 19 holes format. To get more clear idea about how to use wire binding machine Malaysia, here is the detailed instructions:

Steps for Wire Binding

  1. Firstly, set up the wire binding machine and make proper adjustments in margin depth, guides, and punching dies. Also according to what size of wire you are using, make adjustments in wire closer.
  2. Assemble all the pages you will be binding including front and back covers. It is recommended to place the end cover on top of the stack.
  3. Select the first set of sheets to be punched. Do not exceed the maximum amount of pages your machine can handle.
  4. Now punch all the papers. Pull the handle in case of manual binding or press the button in electric binding- this depends on your wire binding machine. Make sure all the documents are aligned proper.
  5. After punching all the paper, line up the holes by using paper jogger.
  6. Now place the wire binding element through the holes.
  7. With wire inserted, place the documents into the wire closer and close the wire.
  8. Remove documents from the machine and take a back cover, previously placed on the top of the document being bound, and wrap it around to the back.
  9. You are now done with wire binding your documents and all ready to bound the next one.

So you see, using a wire binding machine Malaysia is relatively simple. You just need to follow the steps mentioned above and you are ready to go. Wire binding machines are easily available online and are mainly used by larger companies. EasiTech is one such online platform that offers a wide range of both manual and electric wire binding machine Malaysia at very competitive prices. If you want professional-looking option for binding papers, opt one from EasiTech’s selection of wire binding machines.

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