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8. LOWER ROLL HEAT ON/OFF – Turns the heater controller for the lower main roll on or off.

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9. COOLING FAN ON/OFF – Turns the cooling fan on or off.

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Upper Roll Heater Controller

Upper Roll Heat

ON/OFF

Lower Roll Heater Controller

Lower Roll Heat

ON/OFF

The footswitch on the F-60 Laminator operates much like the accelerator on an automobile. When the mechanical guard is removed, use the footswitch to feed material into the laminator at the rate you select by pressing the footswitch. The more pressure you apply, the faster the rolls turn. When you remove pressure from the footswitch, the rolls stop.

RUN/STOP	2
RUN/STOP
Motion Control	3
Motion Control
FORWARD/
REVERSE				5 6
		4		7
		3		8
Speed	4	2	2	9
		2		9

Adjustment		1		10

9	Cooling Fan ON/OFF

Power On/Off Indicator

Feed

Material

Into Nip

Figure 3-4: Front Control Panel

1.	ROLL PRESSURE DISPLAY - Displays the per-
	centage of pressure pushing the main laminating
	roll down.
2.	RUN/STOP – Turns the drive system on or off.
3.	MOTION CONTROL FORWARD/REVERSE -
	Controls the direction of the drive system, forward,
	reverse, or stop.
4.	SPEED ADJUSTMENT – Adjusts the speed of
	the machine from zero to the maximum as the con-
	trol is turned clockwise. (Turtle is slow, rabbit is

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Guard

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Footswitch

(variable

speed)

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5.	UPPER ROLL HEATER CONTROLLER –
	Provides a readout of the temperature of the upper
	roll and the set-point for the desired temperature.
6.	UPPER ROLL HEAT ON/OFF – Turns the
	heater controller for the upper main roll on or off.
7.	LOWER ROLL HEATER CONTROLLER–
	Provides a readout of the temperature of the lower
	roll and the set-point for the desired temperature.

Figure 3-5: Using the Footswitch

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Laminator specifications

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