Established in 1952, Italian company Zechini has become one of the world’s specialist manufacturers of bookbinding and converting machines for short, medium and longer runs. With a range of machines that complement each other and can be utilised to create semi-automatic and fully automatic ‘systems’, everything is in place to suit most production requirements.
Our X-Book 3 is designed to facilitate the work thanks to the joystick. It is composed of a Casemaking machine, a Casing-in machine and a Book Pressing and a Joint Forming machine.
It is the ideal solution for the production of book cases in short runs, thanks to the joystick allowing to have an extremely simple and fast changeover.
Casing-in machine to insert book blocks inside covers for medium runs and extra size books. Thanks to the joystick, changing size is easy and fast.
It consists of a book infeed, and a pressing and pneumatic joint forming station. Size change is easy and fast thanks to a joystick.
With its simple operation and changeover time close to zero, the Roby Zero is the ideal casemaker for short runs.
The basic version consists of a vacuum worktable, which prevents the sheet from moving during the placing of boards, a manual board positioning device and an automatic turning-in and pressing unit. A backlit window enables accurate positioning of the book title along the spine.
Optional equipment includes: a gluing unit for hot and cold glue, a corner cutter, a device for automatic corner closing and the roller press function (without turning-in).
Compact and versatile semi-automatic casemaker suitable both for short and medium runs.
Gluing unit – Integrated in the machine in order to save floor space and the walking effort. Usually used with hot, animal glue, the unit can also be used with cold, vinyl glue.
Vacuum worktable – Prevents the covering material from moving during the positioning of boards. A backlit central window allows to accurately position the book title along the book spine.
Automatic board feeder – Ensures high productivity and perfect alignment of boards.
Turning-in unit – Works with all the usual covering materials. Turns in two sides at a time. Includes a corner closing device.
Manual board positioning device – Useful for short runs, cases with flexible spine and cases whose spine is thinner than 12.5 mm.
The Roby Junior 2 Vas is a compact semi-automatic casemaker, ideal for medium runs. It is practically a Roby Junior 2 with an extra turning-in and pressing station. That way cases can be turned in from all four sides in a single pass instead of two. This results in increased output of up to 350 cases per hour.
Gluing unit – Integrated in the machine in order to save floor space and the walking effort. Usually used with hot (animal) glue, the unit can also be used with cold (vinyl) glue.
Automatic board feeder – Ensures high productivity and perfect alignment of boards.
First turning-in unit – Works with all the usual covering materials. Turns in the two longer sides of the case. Includes a corner closing device.
Second turning-in unit – Turns in the two shorter sides of the case. This unit can also be retrofitted on a standard Roby Junior 2 at a later date.
Corner cutter – A practical solution for small quantities.
Vacuum worktable – Helps to align the covering material and also includes a backlit central window for accurate positioning of the book title along the book spine.
Manual board positioning device – Useful for short runs and cases with flexible spine.
The X-Case is an ideal casing-in machine for short runs. It has a sturdy build, wide size range and guarantees high quality binding. A common drive ensures that the speed between the book and the gluing rollers remains constant regardless of the book weight. To produce durable books the X-Case automatically applies a double amount of glue at the joints.
X-Case Plus is a semi-automatic version of the X-Case. It has the following additional features:
The Roby One is a universal machine for gluing and mounting of two materials together (paper, cardboard, fabric, plastic, polyurethane, etc). It can be employed for production of book covers, game boards, files, diplomas, puzzles, covers with labels or photos, easel displays, photo albums, DVD trays, personalized boxes and slip cases, passports, three-piece calendars, post-it notepads, etc.
The standard machine performs full surface gluing but upon request it can be equipped with a gluing system (usually hot-melt) that will allow selective gluing
Heated tools ensure a perfect result with a wide range of diameters
Asso automatically applies a pen loop on a cardboard book cover
The Guizzo inserts and glues an elastic band onto hard covers of diaries, agendas, folders, blocks & boxes
The Phantom trims or cuts the corners of books, pocket diaries and notebooks.