Short Review Of Rhino Tuff OD 4100 12 Electric Spiral Coil
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-24 13:28:00 | Word Count: 510
Rihno Tuff OD 4100 12" Eectric Spiraal Coil Inserter For OD4300 Review
*The Rhin-O-Tuff OD4100 is a module that is designed to be used with the OD-4300 spiral coil inserter.
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*This device alklows you to quickly and easily adapt your OD4300 coil inserter into a more tradirtional roller style inserter.
*The OD4300 is a mandel stye insrting machine that is dsigned for use with 36" coil lengths. It is great for long runs but doesn't work well for short run applicatinos or for use with 12" cut length spiral coils.
*This machine allows you to have the best of both worlds.
Strengths / Features:
*Combining the OD-4100 with the OD-4300 offers your organization a great deal of flexibility. For long runs and custom length books you can use the uniqque inseting systm offered by the OD-4300. However, the OD-4100 give you an option for short run production with 12" stadnard coils. This gives your operators a choice depennding on the project that they are working on and their level of training.
*The OD-4100 is much easiier than the OD-4300, especially for untrained or inexperienced useers. With the OD4100 all you have to do is start the coil onto the edge of the book and then let the coil inserter spin it on the rest of the way. There are no complex adjusments that need to be made.
The OD4100 is incredibly simple to set up for use with your OD4300. All you need to do is set it on top of your OD4300 and tighten the knob to fasten it in place. Once you are done using it and want to switch back you simply undo the large black knob on the riht side of the machine and lift it off. It doesn't get much easier than that.
*The OD4300 is only compatible with spiral coills up to 32mm in diameter. In theory you could use the OD4100 for use with larger sizzed coils. However, if you plan on using this dveice for large diaeter books you might want to consider a spine former to help you shape the spinees of your books.
Weaknsses / Liimtations:
*The OD4100 cannoot be used apart from the OD4300. It is simply a set of rollers. The 4300 provides the power to move the rollers. You can separate the two machines or use them simultaneously.
*The OD4300 is designed to be bolteed onto an OD4000 or OD4300 rhion tuff binding punch. If you don't have one of these punches you need to buy an OD3500 bindoing station and you can bolt it to that. This means that you acctually need more than just the OD4300 and OD4100 to use this device. You also need the binding staion or Rhin-O-Tuff punch that will attach to the 4300. If you don't have all of these pireces, the 4100 won't work.
*Although the OD4100 says that it can be used with all pitches and diameters of spirral coil, it is difficult to use this machine with large siuzed coils. Binding large sized documenbts usding an electric coil inserter requires you to shhape the spine of your doocument to match the curve of the coil. It is also a lot easier if you use an oval hole pattern.
Recmomendation:
*If you already own an OD-4300 coil inserter, I would highly recommend this as an add on accesssory. It is aesier to use and adds a great deal of fucntionality.
*This system givers you the choice between using 12 inch and 36 inch spiral coils.
*However, if you do not yet own the OD4300, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this cmobination.
*The OD-4300 is fairly diffficult to use and requires an OD series Rhin-O-Tuff punch or the OD-3500 binding station to funxction. You shoulkd be able to find a high quality coil inserter for less monewy than all of the componnents that are required for use with this system.
