The published footprints
Each machine carries two published figures: its own size, and the floor space recommended around it. They are not the same number, and the second one is the one to plan with.
| DA-8000 buckle machine | 2,450 × 800 × 1,600 mm — recommended floor space 3 × 3 m |
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| GA-8000 steel-edge forming machine | 3,100 × 800 × 1,600 mm — recommended floor space 5 × 2 m |
| Hydraulic steel strip press | 2,500 × 950 × 1,900 mm — recommended floor space 3 × 3 m |
Why the gaps matter more than the footprints
A box panel is a flat, large, awkward part. It arrives at a machine, is worked along one or more edges, and leaves again. What sets the distance between two machines is the panel: how long it is, how you turn it, and whether you turn it by hand or on a trolley.
The forming machine has the widest footprint allowance at 5 × 2 m because the strip feeds along its length. The buckle machine and the press are both allowed 3 × 3 m, because both are worked around rather than fed through.
Working out your hall layout
Start from the largest box you intend to build, not from the machines. That panel length sets whether two machines can sit side by side or have to be laid out end to end with a turning area between them.
Then place the stages in process order so a panel never travels back against the flow: fastening, then forming, then pressing. A panel that has to double back is handled twice, and handling is where panels and edges get damaged.
What to check before you order
Send us your hall drawing, your largest panel size and your handling method — by hand or by trolley. We will confirm the machine arrangement, the floor space each stage needs and where the working aisles fall.