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Safety
F - 160CE Operation and Maintenance Manual
© GBC Films Group April 2000
1.2 Safety features
The F-160 CE laminator has been designed
with safety as a primary consideration; however, you
must become thoroughly familiar with the controls,
proper operation, proper service procedures and safety
features of the laminator before using or servicing the
unit.
GBC Films Group laminators are powerful
machines that are designed to mount, laminate, and
encapsulate. The forces required to accomplish these tasks
can vary from negligible to very large.
The motorized main roller lift mechanism used to
provide downward pressure on the upper main roller is
capable of producing forces greater than 400
pounds.
This force is applied to any object presented in the opening
( called the nip ) between the two rollers.
Use care in lowering the upper laminating roller
and know how to react quickly in an emergency. The
main laminator roll up / down control is located on the
right side of the machine within the front control panel.
The GAP up / down arrows control the motion of the
upper laminating roller. Before pressing GAP down arrow,
ensure that nothing is in the nip area.
In addition, the main laminating rollers of the F-
160CE can reach temperatures of over 200
o
F ( 100
o
C ).
D A N G E R
At these temperatures there is a danger of
severe burn if the rolls are touched during
setup, operation or servicing.
INFORMATION
Only a qualified service technician should
perform any procedure in Part B of this
manual.
The word qualified is defined below;
Qualified ;
• Any engineer that has experience with electrical
and mechanical design of lamination equipment.The
engineers should be fully aware of all aspects of safety
with regards to lamination equipment.
• Any commissioning or service engineer must be
of competent nature, trained and qualified to GBC Films
Group standards to fulfill that job. This person will have
completed and passed the full service training course from
GBC Pro-Tech.
