Wire-O Binding
Wire-O metal binding is versatile, attractive, and durable. It is a popular choice for notebooks, manuals, text books, maps, and cookbooks. It has the most "sleek" or streamlined look of any binding.
Applications
Product & Market
Is ideal for manuals, workbooks, and catalogs. It is frequently employed in:
- Learning environments
- Reference intensive documents
- Consulting materials
- Field Installation Manuals
Advantages
of Metal Wire-O
Wire-O’s double metal loops:
- Allow a book to open flat
- Enable the book or manual to fold completely in half
- Keep pages in horizontal alignment across the binding
Features
Size & Color Options
- Bind thickness from 3/16” (5 mm) to 1 1/4” (32 mm)
- Standard color is black, other colors available
- Page counts from 48 to 600
Limitations
No Memory
Wire-O, lacking the memory of plastic, will deform if subjected to excessive weight, twisting or bending.
Limitations
Packing/Storage
The external, round binding, extends beyond the text edges, creating a non-flat packing shape and increasing space requirements.
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Other Binding Types
Plastic Coil Binding
Perfect Bound Books
Saddlestitched Booklets
SmartBind™ & EcoBind™