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weird flatstock glue question

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ericheartsu:
Over here at Night Owls we work with alot of record labels and musicians. We do our fair share of printing custom LP and 7" Sleeves (for vinyl records, in case any of you old fold don't know  :D ), and it eats up a ton of our profit in just manual labour gluing them.

Hot glue guns don't work that well, and we've found rubber cement to be the best option, but it takes SO LONG to glue them. I've had two employees folding and glueing 300 LP sleeves all day, and they only have half of them done so far.

So i'm looking for a more automatic, or faster method. Anyone have any experience in this type of world? I know some of you guys have printed flatstock or worked in other types of print shops in the past! i'd love to hear some thoughts on how to speed this up!

Frog:
I bet that the big boys have a folding and gluing machine.

Would some type of double stick tape be any easier to apply than glue?

ericheartsu:

--- Quote from: Frog on December 19, 2013, 08:58:37 PM ---I bet that the big boys have a folding and gluing machine.

Would some type of double stick tape be any easier to apply than glue?

--- End quote ---

Yeah i think they do too, but i don't even know what they are called to even start to look for that stuff!

I've thought about it. My only issue is the thickness of it. It may be easier to apply, but i have a feeling it'll be more expensive than elmers rubber cement!

ebscreen:
Find an offset/bindery type place that can handle it and send it to them, unless you do enough to justify buying what I would imagine is an expensive machine.

Inkworks:
There are a few different options for the glue. 3M makes sheet-stock double sided adhesive #(7952 would work) Shear it into strips and set up a laminating station with jigs on a vacuum table.

You could also look into screen-printable adhesives.

Sorry, I'm no help on the folding. Are you die-cutting sheet card-stock that you've screenprinted? Are you using a creasing rule in the die to form a fold line?

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