This Kolbus HL is a used book binder — sometimes referred to as a casemaker or book binding machine — designed to apply head and tail banding and gauze reinforcement to hardcover book blocks as part of the bookbinding process. Kolbus is a well-established German manufacturer with a long history of producing machinery for the bookbinding and print finishing industries, and their equipment is widely used in commercial binderies and book production facilities around the world.
The machine is configured as a multi-station inline system consisting of three sequential working stations: a gluing station, a combined head and tail banding and gauzing station, and a pressure station. This arrangement allows the book block to receive spine glue, have the headbands and gauze applied, and then pass through a pressing stage in a single continuous process.
Format capability ranges from a minimum book size of 125 × 100 × 6 mm up to a maximum of 370 × 270 × 80 mm, covering a broad spread of standard hardcover formats and spine thicknesses. Operating speed reaches up to 36 cycles per minute, making it suitable for medium-to-high volume production runs.
The machine was manufactured in 1970 and is offered in used condition. It is currently in stock at a location in Emskirchen, near Nuremberg, Germany, and is available for immediate collection or shipment.
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