Operation
4-5
Laminator Setup
Your laminator has been designed to make the setup and lamination process as easy and repeatable as
possible, however, there will be techniques that make this phase easier that you will only learn by using
the machine. Do not get frustrated if the setup process takes longer than you expected, the process will
get quicker and easier the more you use your laminator.
The set up process is comprised of the following steps:
1. Loading and positioning the film.
2. Webbing the laminator.
3. Setting the process controls to initial settings.
4. Warm up time (if required by process)
Loading and Positioning the Film
1. Determine the way the film is wound, adhesive inside or outside. This will determine the way it is
placed on the unwind shaft. If the adhesive is wound to the inside, the web will be pulled from the
bottom of the supply roll. The web path configuration figures show the film in this configuration.
2. Press and hold the button with the label “Press to retract” to retract the collar holding the end of
the cantilevered shaft in place. Swing shaft out.
3. Remove the locking core chuck and the core idler. The locking core chuck has rollers that rotate
out to hold the core as it turns. Slide the locking core chuck on the shaft, slide the film on the
shaft, and finally slide the core idler on the shaft. You may lightly tighten the setscrews in the
core chuck and idler but do not tighten completely.
4. Press and hold the retract button to retract coupler. Swing shaft back in place and release the
button to extend the coupler over the end of the shaft.
5. Measuring from the sideplates, make sure the film is centered on the shaft. Once the
measurements from each end of film to the sideplates are equal, tighten the locking core chuck
and core idler down.
(Note: Be sure the set screws are over the flat of the unwind/windup
shaft, if you tighten the set screws down on any other part it will make assembly and
disassembly of the core chuck and core idler onto the shaft very difficult.)
6. Repeat this process on any other unwind station.
7. If the film is a pressure sensitive with a release liner, you will need to set up a wind up station.
This is done by webbing the film under an idler and separating the film and liner. Once the liner
has been separated from the film, it must be routed up over the second idler and taped to a
windup core.
8. The wind up core is loaded and positioned exactly like the film was in steps 1-5. Keep in mind
that the windup cores will rotate the exact same direction as the lower nip roll.
9. Tape the release liner to the core and windup any slack by hand. Feed the film with adhesive
around and through the nip opening.
Note: You may require feeder stock to keep the film
from
sticking to the lower nip roll.
Webbing the Laminator
The term webbing means routing the film through the laminators’ idlers and nip rolls and thus creating
a web. The easiest way to web the machine up after loading the film is by using a piece of feeder
stock. The stock can be anything that is relatively stiff, but still flexible enough to route around the nip
roll. A common example would be tag board.
The first step in webbing the machine is to have a planned web path configuration. There are two
web path configurations shown for two different processes in this manual. The encapsulation process
uses thermal film from top and bottom to “encapsulate” the substrate being fed into the laminator.
This process seals the edges and protects the substrate. Refer to figure 4 as the webbing process is
described below.
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