KOLBUS Book Binding Machines Product Range  Gathering  Perfect Binding  Sawing  Three Knife     Trimming  Palletising  Book Production     BF 512     BF 527     BF 530     EMP 511     EMP 597     FE 604     SU 631     SU 651  Stacking  Case Making  Embossing  File Production  Board and     Cloth Cutting  Book Block     Processing  Packing  KOLBUS     Inline Configurations  KOLBUS 3•60     Line Data Management     System KOLBUS Book Production line BF 530 – 70 cycles/min • Compact system – integrated forming and pressing machine • Products are always positively transported • Forming and pressing machine with twin-stream processing • Maximum holding time in full-surface and joint press • KOLBUS Copilot® system • KOLBUS 3•60 service portal FE 530 integrated book forming and pressing station The book, held upright on its spine, is aligned by a forming iron that presses the block spine firmly down into the case. The next two steps – joint forming and pressing – are carried out in parallel, with the book being subjected to mechanical pressure up to 10 t. The process takes account of special conditions related to upstream production processes, such as web offset printing.