A BOOKBINDING PROCESS

摘要

A bookbinding apparatus comprising a station (10) for creating a book block, a station (12) for roughening the spine of the book block, the station (18) for gluing a cover to the spine of the book block in which the apparatus has a further station (14) for pre-priming the spine of the book block between the roughening station (12) and the gluing station (18). A method of binding sheet material which comprises the step of creating a book block from individual sheets of sheet material, preparing the intended spine for binding, and gluing a cover to the spine, in which the method includes the further step of applying a pre-primer to the spine before the cover is glued to the spine. A pre-primer for binding sheet material which comprises water or an aqueous solution.