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F-60 Operation and Maintenance Manual	Operation
6HWXS
	away (on the outside) from the laminating roll.
Setup of the F-60 Laminator is quick and straightfor-	Otherwise it will immediately bond to the roll, cre-
	ating a major clean-up project.
ward when instructions are followed exactly.

To/DPLQDWRUadjust the nip,5ROOplease3UHVVXUHsee Maintenance.	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-
Use only the minimum amount of roll pressure needed	ing roll.
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-	CAUTION
ally cannot be cured by applying more pressure.	Always mount the film so that the adhesive side
	faces outward from the laminating roll. This
CAUTION	prevents hours of roll cleaning.
Excess pressure can damage the laminating rolls.	2. The film must be centered on the unwind for best
Minimum laminator roll pressure is consistent	performance. This is vital when two films are fed
with good results.	together. If the two films are not aligned, feed
	problems, wrinkles and other assorted troubles will
A typical roll pressure for soft substrates such as Foam-	occur.
core is between 20 to 30 pounds per square inch (PSI)
or 140 to 205 kPa.
The range of typical values for hard substrates is 25 to	5HFRPPHQGHG)LOPVCAUTION
50:HEPSI8Sor 1702SWLRQVto 345 kPa.	Carefully align the two films being fed into the
	nip. If not, you will obtain poor results.

With the guard removed, move webs through the main roll nip by:

1.Pressing the RUN button for a slow, constant main roll rotation.

or

2.Pressing the STOP button, then pressing the foot- switch to set the required speed. Releasing the

/RDGLQJfootswitchWKHstops)LOPmain roll rotation.

The F-60 laminator is capable of processing a wide range of pressure sensitive and thermal laminates onto an equally wide range of image materials. The primary considerations are:

•Laminate adhesives are compatible with image materials.

•The materials properly activate below the 270 ° maximum roll temperature and within the speed and roll nip pressure ranges available on the laminator.

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

It is the operator’s responsibility to ensure the compati- bility and operational settings for any laminates/image material combination. GBC Pro-Tech Technical Sup- port is available at the number provided in the Mainte- nance chapter for advice on some material combinations.

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