Book binding has many advantages, one of the best is that it can be very fast to achieve results; within a few minutes you can produce a thermal bound document of a very professional look and feel to show customers the high quality of your presentations.

Binding a book on one of our thermal binding machines for example our BSXU138 is very easy with two sets of lights to indicate the start and end of your book binding process. A red light signifies the start of the heat binding process and the green light the end of the binding process and start of the cooling process.

1. Start by putting your document inside one of our cases for example SteelCrystal or SteelBook.

2. Tidy the document so it is centered inside the case and flat around all edges with no bits of uneven paper, also making sure the paper is touching the spine to sink into the resin during book binding process.

3. If your document doesn’t seem to fit check the below options.

4. Your document may have too few pages for the spine you are using and is very loose, leaving too much of the spine free. If this is the case you will need a smaller spine.

5. If your document has too many pages and won’t fit in the spine you will need a larger spine.

6. We have many spine sizes to choose from 1 – 340 pages just ask one of our team or look on our website.

7. Once the paper is inside the document pop it onto our heat plate; the magnet inside the Unibind machine will react to the metal in the spine; turning the machine on (as it has no on/off switch) and a red light will show to begin the thermal binding process.

8. After about a minute the light will turn green and you can now put the document onto the cooling plate for about a minute for the resin to set.

9. It is also possible to bind many documents at once for fast turnaround times on short deadlines, but this is dependent on your type of thermal binding machine and size spine you are using. You may need to upgrade your thermal binding machine if you find you have a higher workload.

10. It is also very easy to adjust you bound document just repeat the process by popping your document back on the binding machine. Once it is heated just remove the page/pages by sliding rather than pulling as this will leave resin on the document. Once this is page is out just insert the new page and rebind.


You have now created your own professional book.

There are so many different looks to our products; from having high quality SteelBooks for Thesis, Meeting Books, Diaries, Dissertations and many more…

Or even using our SteelCrystal, SteelMat and SteelBack range for your simple binding needs.

With so many binding products to choose from just check out our website for the right one to suit your needs or give us a call on 0845 450 0510 and talk to one of our friendly team.

Your customers will be very impressed with the simplicity and professionalism of our products.