Operation

Falcon 36 Operation Manual

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This process varies only slightly from the One Pass Mount and Laminate process.

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1.Adjust the machine settings as shown in process chart 3-3.

2.Insert Falcon Board, adhesive side down, into the nip. Lower th upper main roll until it contacts, and then turn it another 1/4 turn. Press the footswitch to remove the board from the nip.

3.Lay the image onto the adhesive side of the Falcon Board. Tacking the image down with a tacking iron at this point is sometimes helpful.

4.Press the footswitch and carefully insert the board and image into the nip. Be sure to keep it perpendicular to the laminating rolls and maintain paper tension throughout the process.

⇒Note

Some images will release toner or ink to the upper laminating rolls. If this happens, clean immediately with alcohol. To prevent this problem, a sheet of paper can be used to cover the image during the mounting process.

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For this process, the image is first encapsulated and then mounted.

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1.Adjust the machine settings as shown in process chart 3-4a and remove the infeed table.

2.Web up the overlaminate by bringing it around the upper film idler and up to the release paper rewind. Tape the film to the rewind and give it one full wrap around the rewind tube. Be sure to check the process control chart to ensure correct web up.

3.With a singe edge razor, cut across the film on the rewind tube, being sure not to cut through the release liner or the rolls.

WARNING

Use extreme caution when using the single edge razor not to damage the rolls or cut yourself.

4.Peel the film back and drape it over the upper main roll. To get enough material to do this, it may be necessary to turn the rewind tube by hand.

5.Pull the mount film straight up from the lower unwind position. Tack it to the laminate. Be careful not to stick the film or mount adhesive to the machine.

6.Insert a starter board into the nip and lower the upper main roll onto it.

7.Press the footswitch. Once the leader board is through the nip, lower the upper main roll and then rotate the crank 1/2 a turn more.

8.Reinstall the infeed table. You can operate with or without the pull rolls at this point.

9.Encapsulate the images.

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