Heat activated binding

Heat activated supply binding means that the equipment has a hot plate. The cover containing heat activated glue together with the material to be bound is set against the plate - after melting and re-cooling the cover keeps the pages together. The heat activated systems simply "allow the pages to be bound" - especially with coated paper the binding strength is very poor compared to the Perfect binding systems.

The system requires a pre-made cover with adhesive strip or Scotch band with heatable adhesive. No roughening or fanning possible. This kind of system needs different cover for different spine thicknesses. Very often the amount of pages you want is not enough to fill the cover which means loose and untidy binding.

All manufacturers in this category have made the machines so that only their band is usable, which makes the system expensive to use.

No roughening or fanning is possible making it risky with difficult paper materials.