An Introduction to Color Coil Or Spiral Coil Binding

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Color coil binding (also recognized as Spiral coil binding) is a bright, trendy binding element, that has exceptional bounce back memory. This makes it an appealing method for those searching for some thing new and exciting, as nicely as one thing that can be mailed and stand up under adverse conditions.

There are three primary hole patterns utilised for coil binding.

• The GBC four:1 pattern utilizes holes that are .2475" center to center with 44 holes on an 11" binding edge.
  
• The business standard pattern for color coil utilizes holes that are .250" center to center with 43 holes on an 11" binding edge.
  
• The 5:1 pattern for coil binding utilizes holes that are .200" center to center with 55 holes on an 11" binding edge.

GBC four:1 vs. Market 4:1 -- Documents punched using the 44 hole GBC pattern and the Business four:1 pattern each use the same binding elements. There is no will need to use unique binding elements with either pattern. So, why use the 44 hole pattern? Straightforward... with Market four:1, many men and women were understandably upset with the frequency of paper that had holes punched off the best and bottom of the binding edges. This was brought on by the holes becoming spaced further apart (.250" center to center). The 44 hole pattern has the holes slightly closer together,.2475" center to center. This pattern has solved the predicament, and has develop into the lead pattern for most Coil Binding users.

four:1 Pitch vs. 5:1 Pitch - five:1 Pitch, with 55 holes to the 11" binding edge developed the similar challenge as Market 4:1 - PLUS, the quantity of pages in a 5:1 document are substantially much less than in four:1 given that color coil spines are only readily available in sizes up to 25mm in 5:1 pitch while four:1 pitch coil is obtainable in sizes up to 50mm.

Length - In the workplace environment, most coil that is applied is 12" in length which, when cut and crimped, turn into 11" for the 11" binding edge. But, some users do use 36" lengths of coil. These longer pieces of coil are far more frequently used with AFD equipment and by print shops looking to bind documents in irregular sizes.

Crimping - Coil elements need to have the best and bottom ends of the element crimped, to stop the coil from slipping through the holes of the document. This procedure can be accomplished either manually, with coil crimping pliers or with a semi automatic crimper.

Millimeters vs. Inches - All color coil is sized by millimeters - ranging from 6mm through 50mm in 4:1 pitch. To figure out the size of a coil, measure the inside diameter.