Cross-Folds

A cross fold is made by folding paper twice: first in one direction and then, on a second pass, from the side. There are 2 possible folds with these machines. First, a Cross fold, which is fold in half in one direction and then fold in half from the side, and second, a Baronial fold, which is fold in half in one direction, and then fold in thirds from the side.

Most machines cannot perform these folds. Some can, but have limitations. Martin Yale machines require that you hand feed each sheet for example.

We have found that these specific machines work best for this use. They are designed to perform cross folds. The Formax machines have a guide that aids in the second fold. Formax also has short paper kits if you have to fold something quite small.

Very Small Folds for Packaging

We often get calls from people needing to fold paper to very small sizes, mainly to put in product packages. The best we can do for a single letter size piece of paper (8.5" x 11") is to get the folded piece to 4.5" x 2.75". Call us for details. There is no machine that will automatically fold more than one sheet together.

We recommend that you call us on this application. It can get complicated.