Casemaker Grafcut GC-480 Compact
COMPACT is a semiautomatic machine that allows the production of hard covers, photo albums or luxury boxes.
The machine consist of professional hot & cold gluer with high diameter stainless steel rollers, vacuum table, positioning device for multi-piece cases and manual turning-in
mechanism. It is designed as entry level machine for small runs. Can apply glue on flat surfaces like paper, eco leather, pvc. It requires little space for installation.
There are 2 sizes of machine available allowing to produce max open size cases of:
480 x 820 mm – (type GC480)
760 x 1060 mm – (type GC760 XL)
Gluing unit features:
cold or hot glue ready
2 stainless steel rollers (acid resistant , full inside), have big diameter for better application
Electric heater, metal tray with glue disposed into water tank heated by the heater.
Thermostat for fluent adjustment of temperature with LCD screen
Rollers speed fluent adjustment from panel
Anti-condensation preheating bar before metal rollers in standard (prevents water to stay on table and transmit into paper).
Water tank in the bottom of base-adding water to glue tank by pressing button
on panel
In standard version made for application of glue for material from 80 gsm to 300 gsm
Cleaning time after job about 5 minutes
Optional extra module for application of glue intorigid boards
Possibility to use cold or hot glue (we recommend to have 2nd separate glue tank for
different jobs)
Casemaker features:
table with vacuum
board side guides dropped manually
included magnets for cover positioning
2 rubber rollers for turning in the edges of cover with bottom metal bar stopper (possible to dismantle the metal bar and push case trough for pressing)
Technical info
Range of gluing unit speed (m/min) 5,6- 16 m/min
Glue temperature (°C) 0-95 0-95 °C
Heating time approx. 20 minutes
Covering material thickness 80-300 gsm only gluing (up to 5mm with optional rigid boards module) 80-250 gsm turning in
Max width of covering material for gluing only (mm) up to 520 mm(GC480)/800 mm (GC760XL)
Max size of open case 480 x 820 mm – model GC480 760 x 1060 mm – model GC760XL (edge turn in 20mm)
Min size of open case 30 x 70 mm
Board thickness* 1 mm-6 mm
Power supply 1- phase, 230 V/50hz
Min size of open case 30 x 70 mm (*depends on operator skills)
Board thickness 1 mm- 6 mm
Spine width 1-100mm
The minimum distance between boards when producing covers without a spine from 1 mm
Overlap covering material 8-45 mm
Types of covering material Fabric, laminated paper, photo paper, imitation leather, PVC, polyurethane
Maximum no. of boards 6 when using standard spacers (additional spacers available as an option)
Glue application on rigid boards Up to 5 mm thick with optional kit
Glue tank capacity 4l
Glue types** Cold water glue or hot animal glue
Productivity*** ~ 150 pcs/hour
Dimensions 1574 x 940 x 1170 mm - GC-480 1823 x 1300 x 1170 mm - GC-760XL
Weight 265 kg - GC-480 350kg - GC-760XL
Power supply 1-phase, 230 V/50hz ; 2,2 kW (480 model) 3,3 kW (760 model); 0,5 kW with cold glue only
Vacuum on table YES (integrated air blower)
Air compressor Not requested
NOTE! BASE HAS ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT.