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Personalisation, counter-top
KSF 1 Mini
The same great features, only smaller. Front-of-house personalisation for retail counters and pop-ups.
- Weight
- 14 kg
- Table
- 250 × 250 mm
- Footprint
- 400 × 255 mm
KSF Machines
Hot foil machines developed in-house
Named after Metallic Elephant's co-founder Karl French, the KSF range is designed and manufactured here in the UK in our modern, equipped engineering facilities in Essex.
- British-builtmade in Essex
- Financefrom £1000 + VAT
- Supportedfor life
We’re proud to be British manufacturers, and of the models we’ve brought to the market so far. We don’t rest on our laurels though. We continue to design and innovate further models to add to our range.
We have always had the desire to manufacture our own range of Metallic Elephant hot foil machines. Thanks to continued growth and investment, we have used our many years of experience, and detailed knowledge of customer requirements, to develop our very own KSF range of foiling machines.
Finance and leasing available on equipment orders from £1000 + VAT. Please call to discuss options.
The range
British hot foil machine innovation at its best
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Personalisation, portable
KSF 1
Over 500 sold. The portable personalisation press for notebooks, leather goods and gifting.
- Weight
- 19 kg
- Throat
- 140 mm
- Footprint
- 545 × 455 mm
Workshop, awkward shapes
KSF 2
Two set-up positions and a deep 260–460 mm throat for totes, wash bags and satchels that won’t sit flat.
- Weight
- 75 kg
- Throat
- 260–460 mm
- Impression
- 60 mm
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Commercial, platen
KSF 3
Around 1,000 built. Foil, emboss and deboss in one pull, the wedding stationers’ favourite.
- Print area
- 200 × 250 mm
- Pressure
- 3/4 ton
- Weight
- 77 kg
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Studio, most adaptable
KSF 4
The KSF 1 and 2 combined: XYZ head movement and up to 200 mm impression clearance at just 24 kg.
- Weight
- 24 kg
- Impression
- Up to 200 mm
- Table
- 325 × 455 mm
Production, workhorse
KSF 5
Three tonnes of pressure, 240 mm daylight, sliding table and auto foil feed for sustained runs.
- Pressure
- 3 tonnes
- Print area
- 200 × 150 mm
- Foil feed
- Automatic
Industrial, large format
KSF 6
Hand-operated precision branding for large mouldings and crates. Clean, quiet, no compressor required.
- Throat
- 355 mm
- Impression
- Up to 195 mm
- Weight
- 330 kg
Industrial, high volume
Pneumatic Presses
Large-format, high-volume foiling with our new in-house PLC control.
- Control
- In-house PLC
- Format
- Large
- Built
- To order
In action
See the KSF range at work
The team
We craft quality because we care about skill
Led by Karl, our highly skilled team engineer and build hot foil machines from scratch at our workshop in the English countryside. We continually update our machinery and skills so every machine we make is built to last.