This Hunkeler VEA 400 is a pile turner, a type of machine used in the printing and paper-handling industry to invert, aerate, and jog stacks of sheets between press runs, improving ink drying, reducing curl, and ensuring clean registration. Pile turners are also commonly referred to as pile inverters. Hunkeler is a Swiss manufacturer with a long-standing reputation in the print finishing and paper processing sector, producing equipment for commercial printing, binderies, and related industries.
This particular machine dates from 1988 and carries serial number 50531/10. It is located in Germany and is offered in used condition.
The seller's notes identify this unit as an end sheet tipping machine, indicating a specialised configuration within the pile turning family, associated with the application of end sheets or tipping-on operations in bookbinding and finishing workflows.
The machine handles sheet formats from a minimum of 100 × 70 mm up to a maximum of 420 × 310 mm, covering a broad range of small-to-medium sheet sizes suitable for typical commercial finishing work. Operating speed is stated in the range of 1,200 to 6,800, which in context most likely refers to sheets per hour, allowing the operator to adjust throughput to suit the material and process requirements.
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