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    Hard Cover Binding

    Create Your Own Hardcover Binding
    Hardcover binding provides your document the look of a professional finished book. They are not only stylish, but durable and long lasting as well. MyBinding offers a wide range of hardcover machines and covers that make hardcover binding fast and easy
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    • Print Small Runs Affordably
    Producing small runs of hard bound books is not cost effective. You can save money by getting the equipment to do it yourself.
    • No More Long Waiting Periods
    Having someone else bind your hardcovers can take time between production and delivery. Get your finished product faster by binding it yourself.
    • Exactly How You Want It To Look
    When you bind your own hard cover book, you have complete control over all the small details. Browse our selection of hard covers to find the perfect one for you.
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    Pro-Bind Hardcover Binding
    Pro-Bind offers economical and high quality binding machines that make the task of hard cover binding easy and fast.
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    Coverbind Hardcover Binding
    CoverBind offers lightweight and easy to use machines as well as a full line of hard covers to choose from.
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    Fastback Hardcover Binding
    Fastback binding is a fast and easy binding solution. Powis Parker also has a full line of hard covers to choose from.
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    Velobind Hardcover Binding
    Velobind provides permanent binding with hardcover and softcover options.
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    Masterbind Hardcover Binding
    Bind hardcover projects without punching paper or using glue with metal binding.
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    Hard Covers
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    Thermal Covers
    Large Selection of Hard Covers for Thermal Binding.
    Fastbind Binding
    Create Custom Print Shop Quality Hardcovers.
    Hardbook Binding Kits
    Get into hard cover binding with one of Pro-Bind's starter kits. These kits include a thermal binding machine, crimper and a selection of hard covers.
    Pro-Bind 2000
    Hardcover Binding
    Starter Kit
    The Pro-Binding 2000 is a professional thermal binding system designed for organizations looking for a machine that is dependable and easy to use.
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    Pro-Bind 1000
    Hardcover Binding
    Starter Kit
    The new Pro-Bind 1000 thermal binding machine is designed as a compact, lightweight and inexpensive thermal binding unit for professional applications.
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    Using a Hard Cover Crimper
    Hard Cover Binding

    When binding hard back books with a thermal binding machine the final step is to place the cover into the crimper and tighten it down. Although this step is unnecessary when using standard thermal binding covers, it is very important when binding hard cover books. The hard back book crimper accomplishes several important tasks that are essential in providing a high quality finished book. Specifically, the crimper is designed to do three primary things:

    1. The Hard Cover Crimper helps to ensure that the pages of your hard bound book are securely bound into the book. Immediately after removing your book from your thermal binding machine, place it in the bindit hard back book crimper. At this point the glue is still hot and pliable and process of crimping helps to force the glue up into the base of your book block ensuring a strong and permanent bind while securely holding the pages in place. If you don’t use a crimper the pages may fall out of your hard cover books after some use.

    2. The hard back book crimper is designed to properly form the spine of the hard bound book. If you look at a finished product you will notice that at the base of the spine there is an indented area that serves as a hinge allowing your book to open and close easily. The crimper takes your book while it is still hot and properly forms the spine, giving it a finished look and ensuring that your cover operates correctly.

    3. The crimper is also designed to act as a cooling rack for your thermal hard bound books. This gives users a place to safely allow the hot spine to cool while ensuring that the book has enough support along the spine to achieve a superior bind.

    Currently, there are two types of crimpers available. A Manual Hard Cover Crimper simply uses a lever and some muscles to tighten the grip on the spine. However, a recently released pneumatic version of the hard cover crimper is designed to provide a more accurate and faster crimp for high volume users. The Pneumatic hard cover crimper uses a small air compressor to provide the power for crimping and works by simply hitting a switch.

    In the absence of a hard cover crimper I have seen some customers use an oven mitt to attempt to manually form the spine. It works, but it doesn’t look great and all of them have ended up buying a crimper in the end.

    Hard Cover Binding Overview
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