Laminator with 105cm (41") wide triple-purpose wet & dry laminator capable of running water-based virgin film one side in-line and thermal film one or two sides in-line.
Details
Laminator
25mm (1") thick steel side plates with 200mm (8") x 100mm (4") steel support beams.
Film is mounted on a quick-change airshaft that's micro adjustable laterally along with a trim slitter and perforating mechanism.
Pneumatic clutch ensures precise film tension.
Coating head comprises an anilux roller with a chambered doctor blade.
Adhesive is filtered to 100 micron for clog free operation.
Variable coat weights can be achieved.
1.8m (72") diameter heated drum dryer.
Two 24kw air dryers switchable in 8kw banks.
Swiss made water heater with accurate temperature control up to 140°C (280°F).
Feeder
Rising pile, back separation stream feeder with a servo driven Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 feed head.
B1 (40 1/8" x 28 5/16") sheets can be landscape fed.
Vacuum feed table with 8 x 100mm (4") wide belts.
Servo driven front lays produce an overlap of +- 1mm.
The feed head is processor controlled.
The feeder is fitted with a mill skid plate, allowing a full pallet of print to be loaded directly from the printing press.
Sheeter
In-built with secondary nip to the main laminator comprising of a 240 (10”) mm top rubber roller and a 200 mm (8”) bottom chrome roller.
Integral snatch roller separator runs in-line.
Features include an adjustable anti curl bar, pneumatically adjustable in-feed nip rollers, and a pneumatic air clutch to give a constant tension between the laminator and the sheeter, producing flat sheets.
Stacker
Mirror image of feeder complete with mill skid plate that returns laminated sheets back into pile form.
A photoelectric cell detects the front of the incoming sheet and opens four pneumatic joggers whilst activating three under sheet air blasts to float the sheet across the pile.
Slow down drop wheels and the pneumatic joggers position the sheet on the pile.
Perfector
Additional airshaft and heated rollers to allow two sided laminating in one pass.
Pair of adjustable chill rollers to cool sheets prior to delivery.
Electronics
Siemens sinamics and simotion electronics, using a remote diagnostics facility.
Technical Features
Max sheet size - 105cm (41") x 76cm (30")
Min Sheet Size – SRA4 / 8.5” x 11”
Max Speed - 80 meters/min (265 feet/min)
Paper Weight - 90 gsm (60 lb) to 650 gsm (24 pt)
Film Range - 8 micron virgin & 24 micron (1 mil) thermal to 75 micron (3 mil) thermal [with CC 105]