Why Thermal Binders Instead of Comb Binders?

>				because you can fit up to eight documents in the
				machine’s slotand their high volume thermal
Integrity & strength, time, editing ability, and cost of				binders come with up to six slots. So it will bind up to
equipment and supplies...thermal binding wins in every				48 documents at once!
aspect.				Thermal Binders vs. Comb Binders— Editing
Why Thermal Binders Instead of Comb Binders?				Ability
Thermal Binders vs. Comb Binders— Integrity &				Up until now, the only editable system was comb
Strength				binders. But Unibind’s patented technology
Let’s start with the pages themselves. With				allows you to edit your documents over and over
comb binders, the page’s integrity is				again. As a matter of fact, editing a document is even
compromised by the holes you have to punch. Even if				easier with Unibinds thermal binders than with comb
you order them pre-punched, that part of the paper				binders. Because you don’t have to worry
has only half the strength of the rest of the page. If				about the pages coming out of line.
you expect your documents to last for any length of				With comb binders, the edges around the punched
time, then thermal binders are the way to go. The				holes begin to frey after time and frequent use. So
pages are held with a simple strip of glue and nothing				it’s even more difficult to edit. With thermal
more.				binders, the edges of the page are always protected
Unibind’s thermal binders are unique, in that they				by the spineso they never wear out.
use a patented resign that doesn’t even require				Thermal Binders vs. Comb Binders— Equipment
you to score the page ends. It’s truly the				and Supplies
strongest thermal binding system today. And each of				Comb binders require 2 pieces of equipmenthole
the spines has a strip of steel in them to strengthen				punchers and comb inserters. But with thermal binders,
the folder’s form.				you only need one piece of equipment. And the
Thermal Binders vs. Comb Binders— Time				thermal binders are less complicated and easier to use.
It takes time to punch holes in your pagesthe ones				Just lay the folder in the machine and wait.
necessary for comb binders. If you have three or				With Unibind’s thermal binders, you don’t
more documents to bind, this time can add up fast.				even have to turn the machine on. It automatically
Especially if you run a copy center and have to pay				detects the folder and starts its heating cycle. When
someone to do it. Thermal binders don't require holes,				the light turns green, you know it’s finished and
so you won't waste any time at all.				all you have to do is take the document out and let it
On top of all that, you have to line the documents up				cool.
twiceonce to punch the holes and once to insert				Supplies for thermal binders are more and more
the combs. And that’s only if you have				common as the industry develops. Until recently, comb
equipment that will punch a large stack at once. If				binders were preferred over thermal binders because
you’re using the cheaper comb binders, you can				thermal bound documents couldn’t lay as flat.
only punch holes in a small stackso binding one				But recent developments from Unibind make it possible
single document can take up to fifteen minutes.				to lay the document flat without having to crease the
Thermal binders eliminate this step entirely. You just line				folder and pages.
the sheets up and put them in the folder. Once you lay				Unibind’s thermal binding folders have a
the folder in the binder, it does the rest for you. And it				strengthened crease just at the spine, so they open
finished in just three minutes.				easily without wearing and tearing.
The Unibind thermal binder saves even more time

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