How does a laminator work?
Lamination is a process of bonding materials together. Seal laminators accomplish this process by using a set of rollers with a precision ground silicone coating which presses and bonds the materials together. The materials come with different adhesives attached to them. Some of these adhesives require heat to “activate the adhesive” prior to entering the “Nip”, where the bonding process actually takes place. The laminator supplies this required heat by internally heating one or both of the silicone coated rollers. This type of laminator is generally described as a laminator with “heated rollers”. Laminators also bond films that come with pressure sensitive adhesives attached to the film. In this case the films adhesive system requires only pressure and no heat. This type of laminator is referred two as a “cold laminator.” The process starts of by loading rolls of materials (laminations films, and or mounting adhesives onto supply shafts. Those materials are then “webbed” or threaded t
