This GUK ZG 500 is a folding machine — sometimes referred to as a paper folder — designed to automatically fold sheets of paper or printed products into a variety of formats. Folding machines of this type are a staple of commercial print finishing, used by printers, direct-mail houses, and packaging operations to fold leaflets, brochures, inserts, and similar flat printed matter at production speeds. GUK is a well-established German manufacturer with a long-standing reputation in the print finishing industry, producing folder and gathering machinery used throughout commercial and industrial printing.
This particular unit is a knife folding machine, meaning it uses a blade to push the sheet between two folding rollers rather than relying solely on buckle plates, making it well suited to a wide range of sheet sizes and substrates. It was manufactured in 1999 and is offered in used condition from stock in Emskirchen, near Nuremberg, Germany.
The machine accepts an infeed width between 150 mm and 480 mm, and an infeed length between 80 mm and 320 mm, giving it considerable versatility across common sheet and product formats. The infeed height is adjustable between 450 mm and 650 mm, accommodating integration into different workflow configurations. Operating speed ranges from 40 m/min up to 160 m/min, and the machine is rated for a productivity of 20,000 cycles per hour at full output, reflecting a genuine production-level capability. The unit is available for immediate inspection and test running at the seller's premises.
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