This Chicago Pneumatic 600 is a book binding machine — sometimes referred to as a spine taping or book-taping unit — designed to apply binding tape to the spine of stapled or glued booklets, calendars, and pads. Chicago Pneumatic is a well-established manufacturer best known for compressed-air and pneumatic equipment, and this machine reflects that heritage through its entirely pneumatic operating cycle, controlled electronically via a central switching circuit.
The machine is a fully automatic spine taper operating at 6 bar compressed air pressure, which can be supplied either from a central compressed-air network or via a separate compressor. The electrical connection is 220 volts. Blocks are loaded manually, after which the tape feeding, guiding, and cutting sequence runs fully automatically under sensor control; the finished block is then removed by hand. The tape is cut flush, eliminating the need for any trimming after the taping operation, and the machine is described as producing a perfectly straight wrap of the binding tape.
The unit accepts a wide range of book and pad dimensions. Spine width can range from a minimum of 0.5 mm up to a maximum of 20 mm, making it suitable for everything from very thin pads to substantially thick block publications. The maximum block length accommodated is 600 mm. Tape width can be set between 15 mm and 50 mm.
The machine is equipped with a tape unwinder roll suited to lightly unrolling self-adhesive tapes. It also comes with the Thermopli accessory attachment, which extends its capability to heat-activated adhesive tapes — specifically the Thermofan and Thermolin hot-adhesive tape systems. The temperature for hot-tape operation is regulated by a built-in thermostat, with a warm-up time of three to four minutes.
Overall dimensions are 1,900 mm in length, 730 mm in depth, and 1,150 mm in height, with a working table height of 850 mm. This used machine dates from 2001 and is currently located in Germany.
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