GBC F-36 manual
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F-36 PRO Laminator Operation Manual Operation

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The footswitch on the F-36 PRO 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.

Feed

Material

Into Nip

WARN

ACHTUINNGG

Remove

Guard

Press

Footswitch

(variable

speed)

Figure 3-4: Using the Footswitch

 

Setup of the F-36 PRO Laminator is quick and straight- forward when instructions are followed exactly.

To adjust the nip, please see Section 4: 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 gener- ally cannot be cured by applying more pressure.

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 Foam- core or Orca Board is 1/4 revolution of the laminating roll crank.

A typical roll pressure for hard substrates is 1/2 revolu- tion of the laminating roll crank.

A typical roll pressure for encapsulation is 1/2 revolu- tion 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 should ALWAYS face outward from the laminat- ing 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

Carefully align the two films being fed into the

nip. If not, you will obtain poor results.

© GBC Pro-Tech 1999 January 3-3