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used hard cover line KOLBUS BF512

Overview: What is the KOLBUS BF512

The BF512 is a book finishing / casing-in / hard-cover book line machine by KOLBUS. It handles rounding, backing, gluing, head & tail banding, casing-in, pressing

It is often sold as a “complete casing-in line” or “hard cover book production line,” combining multiple modules and subsystems. 

Typical features include:

  • Co-Pilot control system with touchscreen for semi-automatic settings 

  • Infeed conveyor, starfeeder, block position detection, automatic block-thickness control 

  • Rounding & backing station 

  • Gluing station(s) (spine, side glue, joint glue) — using both hotmelt (nozzle) and cold glue 

  • Head & tail banding station 

  • Case forming / casing-in station 

  • Pressing & delivery station 

  • Various supporting modules: preheaters (IR), glue circulation pumps, hydraulic systems, heating monitoring, block thickness sensors,

Main Features and Configuration

  • Kolbus CoPilot control system with touchscreen monitor

  • Automatic format settings and electronic control console

  • Kolbus HB 530 stand-alone preheating device

  • Starfeeder with automatic block position detection

  • Automatic block thickness control

  • Rounding and backing station

  • Book-mark gluing device

  • Head and tail banding station

  • Case pre-stacking conveyor

  • Case magazine, bending, and forming station

  • Robatech hotmelt nozzle gluing system

  • Glue circulation pump

  • Integrated book forming and pressing unit including:

    • Book forming station

    • Pressing station

    • Delivery station

Note: Gauzing station excluded.


Additional Equipment

Sigloch BBL 31-1 – Book Block Gluing and Lining Machine (Year 2008)

  • Max. size: 400 × 300 mm

  • Min. size: 100 × 100 mm

  • Thickness: 3 – 80 mm

  • Maximum speed: 30 cycles/min

Configuration:

  • Automatic book infeed

  • Endsheet tipping station

  • Hotmelt spine gluing with premelter

  • Cold-glue side gluing

  • Lining station with integrated cutting knife

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