Range of Materials
Quantum Binders has a large database of suppliers and the range of material available to us is enormous. For the customer this means you can be as imaginative and creative as you like.
Materials range in type, style, colour and texture.
- Types of materials available include polypropylene, Paper, PVC. All of these can be foiled or printed to give effective results.
- Styles can be modern, classic and luxurious. We have materials that give a leather look, a rubber look, a reflective look, a holographic look, a shiny look, a glittery look the list goes on and on.
- Colour is up to you! We have standard colours we use throughout the spectrum and on top of these we can use tints of each colour. There is no colour we can’t create for you, If you already have a colour you desire we can use a colour match technique to re create this for you.
- Texture can vary from hard to soft and padded. Materials can feel spongy, smooth, bumpy, rough we can even create a gel effect.
Please remember that all these variables can be customised to your requirements whether they are practical or aesthetic. Please feel free to pop in and look at our sample swatches or call if you have any queries or need any advice.
Accessories can be added to any material, these include;
- Metal corners on pages
- Business card holders/pockets
- Clips of various types
- Pen loops
- Straps
- Handles (plastic or metal)
- Press studs
- Velcro spots
- Magnets
- Plus many more!
Measuring a mechanism
A mechanism is comprised of the metal base and loops that hold the contents into a binder.
Mechanisms come in many different styles and sizes.
You can have round rings, D rings (most popular choice), square rings and mechanisms with lever arch (lever to open the rings for when you insert documents) and a compression bar (holds down your documents so stay in place). Once you have decided on the style of mechanism and this can depend on the capacity of paper you want the binder to hold, you need to decide if you want a 2 ring, 3 ring, 4 ring, 6 ring mechanism and so on. These all vary in price.
Our standard mechanisms are made from nickel plated steel but can be re-plated or coated in a variety of finishes and colours to match your binder.
If you need any assistance then please feel free to call for some advice.
To find out what capacity (mm) your mechanism is you need to look at the mechanism end on (cross section) and measure from the inside edge of the mechanism across the middle to the inside edge of the other side, you measure the part that will hold the contents. See diagram below.
When measuring a round ring mechanism you need to measure from the inside edge of one side the inside edge of the other. This measurement is the capacity that the ring can hold.
When measuring a D ring you measure from the inner edge of the base to the top of the D. Again this gives you the capacity for this mechanism.
 These are both 4D mechanisms |
 This is a 4R mechanism |
We recycle all of our scrap PVC, paper and
cardboard.
All of the board used to produce our binder is made from recycled material.