Manual punch for up to 20 sheets* at a time (3:1 square wire & 5:1 round coil holes)
Integrated wire closer & includes crimping pliers
Heavy-duty, perfect for print shops, schools, and large offices
14" punching length with open throat & disengageable pins
Product Description
With the Akiles DuoMac 531 you can bind documents with both 5:1 pitch spiral coil and 3:1 pitch twin loop wire. The DuoMac 531 is the only combination machine of its kind. The unique design of the 531 includes a the ability to punch both a 5:1 pitch hole pattern for spiral coil binding and a 3:1 pitch hole pattern for twin loop wire binding up to 9/16". This gives you the ability to choose the look and feel of your coil bound books and presentations. Five to One pitch coil (5 holes per inch) has a more tightly wound look than the more common 4:1 pitch coil (4 holes per inch). Normally, you would have to use two different binding machines to do the same tasks as the DuoMac 531. Now you can choose between these two great binding styles for all your reports and presentations and you can also save space, time and money.
Product Details
With two independent punching die sets, this versatile & easy to use combo binder allows you to punch & bind multiple systems and or different pitches
Easy Manual Operation: Separate handles for wire punch, spiral punch, and wire closer
Depth Margin Control: Provides the correct punch margin depth for each wire/comb size. Maximizes document tear resistance
Open Punching Throat & Continuous Punching Guide: For an easy alignment & punching of longer documents
Wire Closer Control: With continuous adjusting scale for an exact and secure closure every time
Akiles DuoMac 531 Coil # Wire Binding Machine Demo Video
Transcript :
Welcome to MyBinding video. This is a look at Akiles' DuoMac 531, a 5:1 coil and 3:1 twin loop wire binding machine. Two different binding styles in one machine adds for convenience and flexibility. It's heavy duty and built to be used a lot and for a long time.
Let's begin with a demonstration on binding with 5:1 spiral coil. Using some scrap paper, let's set the side margin control; this knob allows for all punches to be consistent throughout your project. The long lever arm makes the punch. Now you can see if your holes are just the way you need them. This 5:1 set up has five different disengageable dies to be used with the most common paper sizes. Simply pull the pin and there is no punch there. On the side of the machine is a depth of margin control knob. This allows you to make thinner or thicker margins depending upon the size project you're making.
When everything is set in place, you can make your punches. Let's begin with the covers. If you start face up, make sure all the project is face up. The long arm brings down and makes the punch. And the punch capacity of the 531 is 20 sheets of 20lb paper per lift.
When your project is all punched, assemble it together. It's time to bind. Now, use the spiral coil, 5:1 pitch, put it on the end, and wind it all the way through. You can do it by hand or use a separate coil inserter machine. Finish off the ends of your book with coil crimping pliers, clipping it nice and tight at the end.
There you go, a great looking spiral bound book with the DuoMac 531. Now let's make a book with a wire binding side of things. Again we start with scrap paper and use the side margin control knob to set our settings. We make our punch, look at our holes, and see if there's any adjustments we need to make, like pulling out any of the disengageable die pins so there are no half or mis-punched holes. All of the pins for the 3:1 wire binding are disengageable, allowing you to use virtually any size sheet of paper. This punching die set also has depth of margin control, so you can use thinner or thicker margins depending upon the thickness of your document.
With our settings in place, let's begin with the covers. If we start face up, we do the whole project face up. Punch through in small batches of up to 20 sheets of 20lb paper or less.
And now it's time to bind. Place that wire bind on the fence that's on the front of the machine with the small teeth face up. Then, a trick in wire binding is to take the back page and flip it over to the front page. That way the seam of the bind is hidden between the back cover and the back page. Then drape your project over the teeth of the spine, thread them all the way through, and pull it up and out. The wheel on the right hand side you spin and adjust the wire closer to the size wire that you're using. Place it in with the open side face down and close it up. With the wire closer set at the right size, it will close just enough to close it but no more. Turn your book inside out, you can see that seam is hidden in the inside back cover, and you're all set. All the chips go into the punched chip tray below.
That is the DuoMac 531 by Akiles. For more demos, reviews, and how-tos, check out MyBinding.com.
No issues, a little squaky imo but does a good job at punching holes and the wite binding feels very nice
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Barb Rose
Love the machine I purchased! The only tiny complaint is that I didn't receive a shipping notice with tracking. I had to contact the company, but they sent it by email in just a few minutes. I would buy from this company again.
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Grant Paxton
Works great! Thanks!
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Great machine/ Great Company
Great machine/ Great Company
I’m so glad I found this machine!! It punches through my chipboard covers to make my journals. It seems very durable and well made. I Know it seems like a lot of money but, it’s well worth it. I’ve tried the other machines that are cheaper on Amazon and they just don’t do the job like this one does. You won’t be disappointed.
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Lisa
Heavy Duty Machine
I have not had much time to play around with it yet, but it is built like a tank and seems to be a very solid machine that is pretty easy to use. I have no experience with coil binding, yet my first attempt went really well. I didn't realize I needed to order the coil crimper separately, so with my trial run I used a pair of needle nose pliers and managed okay - promptly ordered the crimpers though and a couple larger sized coils. I believe this will provide much more functional binding for us in comparison to the comb binding that we were using.
As the only binding machine on the market with its particular set of features and options, the Akiles DuoMac 531 appears to hope that its versatility will provide binding solutions for businesses that want flexibility in their document production. Here is a rundown of what we consider to be some if the DuoMac 531's strengths and weaknesses.
Strengths:
We liked how the DuoMac 531 gives the user the option of binding their documents using a five to one round hole, or a three to one pitch square hole pattern. Five to one pitch coil gives your documents a really nice, professional look, and one that not a lot of other businesses choose on a regular basis. The three to one pitch pattern is used for twin loop wire for the most part, and can provide a very elegant look for your presentations or proposals. You can also use that pattern for GBC Proclick, and with twin loop wire. Overall, we guess you could just say that we appreciate how the DuoMac 531 gives you some of the nicer options when it comes to in-house binding.
The wire closer that is included on the DuoMac 531 is very high quality, and should last for years.
On the right side of the DuoMac 531 there are a couple of small knobs that allow you to adjust the distance that the punch occurs from the edge of the sheet or sheets. Also known as depth of punch margin, this is a great feature that helps you to ensure the functionality and durability of your finished books. Different thicknesses need different depth margins to work correctly with different sized spines. Thicker documents, for instance, should be punched a little deeper so that they open easily and the pages are less likely to be accidentally torn from the book.
Another great inclusion, we thought, was that the wire binding punch features fully disengageable dies, which allows it to handle any length of sheet up to fourteen inches. The open throat design also allows for longer sheets if you use a two step punching process.
The little things count in this world, and we have to hand it to Akiles for including a pair of really nice spiral coil crimping pliers. They are only about a thirty dollar value, but are so essential to the process, that we can't imagine someone trying spiral coil binding without them.
Weaknesses:
None of the binding styles that are allowed for this machine are not very useful for binding documents that are over an inch thick. That is more a limitation of the styles than this particular machine, but it is something that you should be aware of if you are going to be binding larger reports or documents on a regular basis.
Spiral coil punch? Check. Spiral coil crimpers? Check. Spiral coil inserter? Not so fast. We suppose, though, that there are limitations to what every machine can include, so in this case you will have to find a standalone inserter to go along with the DuoMac 531 or insert the 5:1 pitch coil by hand.
