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Falcon 36 Operation Manual Operation

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Setup of the Falcon 36 Laminator is quick and straightforward when instructions are followed exactly.

To adjust the nip, please see Maintenance.

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Use only the minimum amount of roll pressure needed to accomplish the task. While higher pressure can make the adhesive bond faster, excess pressure can damage the rolls. Wrinkles and bubbles have causes that generally cannot be cured by applying more pressure.

should ALWAYS face outward from the laminating roll.

CAUTION

Always mount the film so that the adhesive side faces outward from the laminating roll.

This prevents hours of roll cleaning.

2.The film must be centered on the unwind for best performance. This is vital when two films are fed together. If the two films are not aligned, feed problems, wrinkles and other assorted troubles will occur.

CAUTION

Excess pressure can damage the laminating rolls. Minimum laminator roll pressure is consistent with good results.

A typical roll pressure for soft substrates such as Foamcore or Orca Board is 1/4 a revolution of the laminating roll crank.

A typical roll pressure for hard substrates is 1/2 a revolution of the laminating roll crank.

A typical roll pressure for encapsulation is 1/2 a revolution of the laminating roll crank.

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Film is loaded on the appropriate unwinds. Loading and aligning the film are discussed later in this section. For applications such as encapsulation, film is fed from both the top and bottom feed unwinds.

The process of loading and aligning film is the same for both the top and the bottom unwinds. There are two important points to remember when loading film:

1.The adhesive side of the film must be oriented away (on the outside) from the laminating roll. Otherwise it will immediately bond to the roll, creating a major clean-up project.

Films have a shiny side and a dull side. The dull side is the one with the adhesive. The dull side

CAUTION

Carefully align the two films being fed into the nip. If not, you will obtain poor results.

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The following procedure is applicable to both the top and bottom feed unwinds.

1.Secure the braking film mount arm so as to center the film between the side cabinets.

2.Loosen the core support film mount arm and slide it to the drive side of the machine.

3.Install the laminating film onto the braking mount arm and slide the core support arm over to support the laminating film's end.

4.Secure the support arm.

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