Zip-TS2L Digital Finisher

The Zip-TS2L Mark III is the most advanced and capable programmable finishing machine available.

The Zip-TS2L is a completely new design featuring a guillotine cutter and two tooling stations, as well as, inline slitting, scoring, semi-slitting and perforating.

The Zip-TS2L can run sheets up to 14.75" wide, features high production speed and unmatched finishing capabilities.

Using the Zip-TS2L, an incredible range of products can be produced in a single pass through the machine. For example, variable size table tents (die cut locking tabs, 3 x cross crease, crosscut and inline slit), door hangers (die cut, crosscut and inline slit), rip hangers (die cut, cross perforate, crosscut and inline slit), round corner foldover cards (die cut, cross crease and inline slit), Decorative die cut cards (die cut, cross crease, crosscut and inline slit). These are just a few examples of products that can easily be produced on the Zip-TS2L. (See the comparison chart on our website for more information on products that can be run on the Zip-TS2L).

While no competitive manufacturer offers a model with a cross sheet tooling station, the Zip-TS2L includes a T1 and a T2 tooling station.

Both tooling stations have been designed for maximum durability, accuracy to tooling combination flexibility. Mounting and removing tools is quick and easy. Alignment pins ensure that tooling is uniformly positioned, allowing stored program information to be used without adjustment.

The T1 tooling station is commonly used to cross crease but can also be used to apply a cross sheet semi-slit, punch holes and apply full or partial width cross perforating.

The T2 tooling station has a work area of 1.25" x 14". This station can be configured to blind emboss, die cut (including round cornering), kiss cut, cross perforate, cross crease and for partial perforating applications along the length of the sheet ("L" and tail edge "T" perf products).

The Windows XP touch screen computer allows cross guillotine cut and tooling station functions to be programmed quickly and accurately. Up to 500 programs can be stored and recalled. All set up and operational screens are easy to view and use with ample space provided by the 10.2" full color display.

Sheets can be registered using either the lead edge of the sheet or a registration mark. Switching between registration modes is a simple selection on the touch screen computer.

The Zip-TS2L features a "true" air feeder with "Big Foot" suckers. The air feeder can accept a 13.5" stack of paper and is ideal for feeding a wide range of coated and un-coated stocks. The air feeder features a double sheet detect/interrupt and a full length alignment table with adjustable side guide.

Guillotine crosscutting can be programmed for a "scissor" or a variable width "gutter" cut. A minimum product length of 1.6" makes the Zip-TS2L ideal for tickets and other small format products.

Zip-TS2L rotary tooling cassettes are unique and offer many advantages over competitive designs.

Each slitting blade/hub assembly removes a .125" (1/8") gutter and can slit products as narrow as 1" wide. Various gutter cut slitting blades widths are available, for special applications, as an option.

Preconfigured rotary tooling cassettes ensure the tightest possible finished size accuracy. Unlike competitive models that can vary product width accuracy by as much as +/- 0.3 mm (+/- 0.0118" or 0.023622" total variation), Zip-TS2L business card slitting width accuracy is +/- 0.0127 mm (+/- 0.0005").

The Zip-TS2L can be configured with semi-slit (slit-score) tooling for customers who semi-slit the fold line on greeting cards, and similar products, instead of scoring. This is especially important for graphics that bleed across the fold line of the card.

Business cards are typically run in 24 or 20-up formats. The Zip-TS2L can cross cut in either bleed or non-bleed configurations. Using the tooling station, with a low cost blind embossing die/counter, the Zip-TS2L can crosscut, slit and blind emboss business cards in one pass.

Die/kiss cutting on the tooling station can produce a wide range of finishing applications. Peek window, decorative edge and interior die/kiss cutting are common applications. Therm-O-Type has also developed a unique system to produce round cornered products on the Zip-TS2L without edge nicks. Using this system, round corner business and playing cards, and many other products, can be produced.

While the Zip-TS2L die/kiss cut area is limited, a die cut "step and repeat" feature dramatically expands the range of die cut applications. For example: using a 2" x 7/8" die cut profile, a window can be added 2" wide by any length. Step and repeat die cutting can be programmed to overlap (to create variable size windows, for example) or spaced apart (so a row of stars or hearts can be die cut on a card, for example).

The step and repeat function can also be used for blind embossing applications. Emboss designs can be programmed to imprint once at the top of the sheet and twice at the bottom of the sheet to create two different embossed designs (for example). Programmable emboss position and repeat spacing on each sheet allows a wide range of effects to be created with each blind embossing die/counter.

Step and repeat die cutting and blind embossing provides maximum flexibility and minimizes the total number of dies required for various formats and designs.

A delivery conveyor is standard equipment on the Zip-TS2L. The conveyor eliminates delivery problems associated with bins and allows product collection while the machine is running. There is no need to stop production while removing product from the bins. Bins can be a particular problem on cutter/slitters running small products like business cards and tickets, because the small finished size tends to flip and/or jam in the bins. To deal with this problem, most bins for business cards are shallow. Shallow bins minimize card flipping and/or jams but must be cleared by the operator after every few sheets are fed through the machine.

As you can see, the Zip-TS2L is a unique production machine that is ideally suited to finish and enhance a wide range of multiple-up digital products quickly, accurately and reliably.