Machinery
Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines. > Machinery > Machinery
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Products classified under Tariff item 8440.10
Automated Casing-In Machine
An automated casing-in machine that aligns and glues book blocks into pre-made cases at high speed. This equipment is essential for large-scale hardcover book production, ensuring precise and efficient assembly.
8440.10.00Backing Machine
A backing machine that creates shoulders on book blocks for case fitting using heated or cold jaws. This specialized bookbinding prep machinery precedes lining application and is crucial for producing durable hardcover books.
8440.10.00Book Block Trimmer
A book block trimmer that cuts edges of sewn or glued book blocks to precise dimensions before cover attachment. This three-knife design handles head, tail, and fore-edge trimming, making it essential for finishing bookbinding operations.
8440.10.00Book Gluing Pot
A book gluing pot that melts and dispenses hot-melt adhesive for spine gluing in perfect binding lines. This temperature-controlled component is integral to bookbinding machinery for adhesive application.
8440.10.00Book Press
A hydraulic book press that clamps assembled books under pressure to set glue and ensure flat spines. This essential bookbinding finishing machinery is used post-casing-in for quality control in hardcover production.
8440.10.00Book Rounding Machine
A book rounding machine that imparts a convex spine curve to book blocks before lining using backing jaws. This traditional bookbinding machinery is essential for producing rounded hardcover spines.
8440.10.00Book Sewing Machine
A book sewing machine that uses thread to stitch signatures together along the spine before casing-in. This machinery is ideal for hardcover books requiring durable binding and is explicitly covered under book-sewing machinery.
8440.10.00Case Making Machine
A case making machine that produces rigid hardcover cases by laminating cover material to crash boards with creasing and folding. This bookbinding machinery is used for creating book covers in professional publishing.
8440.10.00Cover Creasing Machine
A cover creasing machine that creases book covers for precise folding around book blocks without cracking. This bookbinding prep machinery is adjustable for various cover thicknesses and essential for case-in operations.
8440.10.00Endpaper Pasting Machine
An endpaper pasting machine that applies adhesive to endpapers for attachment to book blocks in the casing-in process. This bookbinding adhesive application equipment ensures square and secure book assembly.
8440.10.00Joint Forming Machine
A joint forming machine that forms hinge joints on cased-in books for opening flexibility using rollers or blades. This bookbinding finishing equipment is critical for premium hardcovers.
8440.10.00Lining Machine
A lining machine that applies super cloth or paper lining to rounded book block spines before casing. This bookbinding machinery is used for spine reinforcement and combines gluing and pressing in one unit.
8440.10.00Nipping Press
A nipping press that applies instant high pressure to freshly cased-in books for spine flattening. This specialized post-casing bookbinding machinery prevents waving in hardcovers.
8440.10.00Perfect Binding Machine
A perfect binding machine that glues the pages of a book block to a cover using hot-melt adhesive, commonly used in softcover book production. This specialized bookbinding machinery is designed for efficient adhesive binding.
8440.10.00Spine Taping Machine
A spine taping machine that applies reinforcing tape to the spine of glued book blocks for added strength in perfect binding. This bookbinding machinery enhances bind durability and is used post-gluing.