Equipment

Ribbon Inserter – Sigloch LEH-1 (2008)

PLC control with Copilot touchscreen interface
Format memory and automatic format adjustment
Telescopic infeed conveyor (left), star-wheel feeder (8-point star)
Hot-air spine heating for adhesive-bound and hotmelt-glued book blocks
Automatic block thickness control
Rounding and backing station
Cover pre-feeder and bending unit
Cover forming station with counter-support
Cover magazine
Spine and bottom trimmer for thin printing paper and gilt edges
Book gripper
EMP-controlled glue pump with premelter and automatic glue feed
Spine gluing unit with reversible drive incl. glue rollers (for straight-backed blocks 20–55 mm)
Station for lining and headband application
Pressing station with Teflon belt and integrated foam element
Electrically heated burn-in rails (15° and 45°)
1 pressing station up to 100 kN
Hotmelt nozzle gluing for joint gluing (EMP-controlled)
Headband gluing unit
Double-cover control (for one-piece flexible covers)
Viscosity control unit for spine gluing station
Small-format kit (min. block height 100 mm, min. block width 70 mm)
Format tool set (standard)
Output: left, books lying flat, face side forward
Remote diagnostics: Kolbus 3.60 Service Portal (AFS 701.W)

Multiple intermediate transport and cooling/drying conveyor sections integrated throughout the line

Infeed conveyor (1,500 × 400 mm), height-adjustable (850 mm ±50 mm)
Horizontal flow wrapping machine (servo X): continuous operation, Siemens SIMOTION control, touchscreen with format memory
Compatible films: PE half-tube (20–50 µm, needle-perforated), polyolefin half-tube (10–25 µm)
Motorized film waste separation (no pneumatics)
Second cross-seal stamp with automatic format memory changeover
Shrink tunnel (SL 5015/23): max. 250°C, 14 kW heating output, chain conveyor with heat-resistant coating

Remote service via internet connection between customer and Kolbus (active subscription required)

Parameter	Value
Max. speed (casing-in line)	70 cycles/min
Max. speed (stackers)	71 cycles/min
Max. book block format	305 × 375 × 80 mm / 12.0" × 14.8" × 3.1"
Min. book block format	100 × 100 × 2 mm / 3.9" × 3.9" × 0.08"
Max. open cover format	660 × 385 mm / 26.0" × 15.2"
Min. open cover format	210 × 105 mm / 8.3" × 4.1"
Max. finished book format	315 × 385 × 90 mm / 12.4" × 15.2" × 3.5"
Min. finished book format	105 × 105 × 6 mm / 4.1" × 4.1" × 0.24"
Max. format (stacker)	305 × 382 × 80 mm / 12.0" × 15.0" × 3.1"
Max. stack height (stacker)	325 mm / 12.8"
Foil wrapper passage width	25–450 mm / 1.0"–17.7"
Foil wrapper passage height	max. 200 mm / 7.9"
Shrink tunnel passage width	500 mm / 19.7"
Shrink tunnel passage height	230 mm / 9.1"
Power supply	400 V / 50 Hz, 3-phase