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SMYTH F180 BOOK SEWING MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS

Smyth manufacturing company was founded in 1879 in Hartford Connecticut (USA). Starting around  1900 to produce case makers, casing-in machine, three knife trimmers. Around 1928 the first semi automatic sewing machine was added to their program. In 2000 Smyth Srl – Italy was founded.

Smyth manufactured many semi automatic and automatic book sewing machines: 1928 – No.12, 1941 No.18, 1960 SM14, 1961 SM20, 1967 CM41, 1980 F120 & F130, 1993 F180 & F150, 1994 Smyth system book sewing line, 1995 Smyth Unit book sewing line, 2005 Concept book sewing line, 2012 Semi automatic sewing machine for digital products, 2014 Smyth Digitaline book sewing line, 2016 Smyth FF 280 & FF 250, 2017 DX 70 folding and sewing line, 2018 FF-70, 2020 Smyth Unit 20 book sewing line.

In this blog we focus on the Smyth F-180 book sewing machine.

Features:

* Control by touch screen monitor

* Motorial setting

* Universal signature feeder

* Tripple reform wheel for perfect positioning of the signature spine on infeed channel

* 4 + 4 opening possibilities

* Lap opener

* Camera control (oprional)

* Top saddle control

Technical specifications: Smyth F-180 (subject to change)

* Mechanical speed:180 cycles/minute

Book sizes:

* Min. signature size 135 x 80 mm (5 3/8”x 3 1/8”)

* Min. signature size 135 x 65 mm ( 5 3/8 x 2 ½”) – Optional!

* Max. signature size 420 x 320 mm ( 16 17/32” x 12 19/32”)

Number of stitches:

* Standard stitch 9

Stitch length:

* 24 mm

Machine weight:

3.500 kg

Machine dimensions: (including book stacker)

3.170 x 3.083 x 1.689 mm