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Accordion folding – overview
Standard accordion fold
In the standard accordion fold, all panels other than the final compensating fold are of the same width.
The final or compensating fold of the standard sequence is positioned to give two equal-width panels
,
always narrower than the preceding ones unless the document length is an exact multiple of the selected
panel width. Typical panel width selections for non-bookfolded documents are 210mm, 8½”, 9”, 11”,
297mm and 12” (bookfolds and custom packets require different panel widths).
Note that the compensating panels may be aligned with either left or right edges of the packet, depending
on the combination of the selected panel width (S) and the overall length of the document. They are
acfoldn.cvs
S
S
L
L
Two equal-width
compensating panels
of width V
Any length up to 20 panels
Any stand-
ard width
up to 36"
VV
L
SSSSS
Compensating fold
Standard accordion fold packet
Having measured the length of the incoming document, the folder system automatically performs a compensating fold at the end of the
sequence. The two final panels in the standard accordion fold are of the same width, the width being dependant on the amount of length compensation necessary.