Folding machine
In order to perform the operation of folding sheets, either of bookwork or newspapers, machinery is now specially manufactured which completely supersedes manual labour. The sheets are fed in as in a printing machine, and are delivered, folded, at the bottom. In the use of a newspaper-folding machine at least three-fourths of the expense of hand-folding is saved, and the work is done at the same time in a very superior manner. Several folding machines are now in use, requiring the services of only a single operator to fold in any desired form from 2,500 to 3,500 per hour. They are always reliable, and ready to operate, entirely avoiding the annoyances or inconveniences arising from sickness, scarcity of help, &c, which are inseparably connected with the old system of lolding by hand. The sheets are improved in appearance by passing through the machine, the results being to some extent similar to that produced by an hydraulic or screw press.
Folding machines
Machines which perform the operation of folding sheets, either of bookwork or of newspapers. The sheets are fed in as in a printing machine, and are delivered, folded, at the bottom. In the use of a newspaper-folding machine at least three-fourths of the expense of hand-folding is saved, and the work is done at the same time in a very superior manner. Several folding machines are now in use, requiring the services of only a single operator to fold in any desired form from 2,500 to 3,500 per hour. They are always reliable, and ready to operate, entirely avoiding the annoyances or inconveniences arising from sickness, scarcity of help, &c, which are inseparably connected with the old system of lolding by hand. The sheets are improved in appearance by passing through the machine, the results being to some extent similar to that produced by an hydraulic or screw press.