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Thread: Laminating machine
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5th March 2006, 08:03 PM #1
Laminating machine
I got a new (chinese POS) A3 laminator sometime ago and never used it
So wanted to laminate some a3 sheets.
It just doesnt do it , either its not hot enough, or doesn't have enough pressure or is too fast through the rollers.
So does anyone know the operating temp of a pouch laminator?
Can a heat press be used for laminating pouches, if so any idea of temp settings and times.?
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5th March 2006, 08:13 PM #2
Bob, have you got the manual? On the ones at work, I put the heat up to level 4. I'll have a look tomorrow for the actual temps.
Pat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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5th March 2006, 08:21 PM #3
now i reckon I put the manual in a safe place.
trouble is I can never remember where the infernal safe place is.
Or I have a resident safe place monster that gobbles all the goodies up, just like the washing machine monster who gobbles up one sock out of a pair
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5th March 2006, 08:38 PM #4
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I let ours go for about 10 minutes with the rollers on.
It has a warm up mode where the rollers dont move, but I find it gets cold patches.
Setting around 4ish
Al
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5th March 2006, 08:56 PM #5
Originally Posted by ozwinner
I might reassemble the pos and turn it on for 10 minutes and see what happens.
Though using a heat press has some attractions
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6th March 2006, 07:20 PM #6
well I did as Al does
(can't help but think that's an interesting phrase)
turned it on and left it for 10 minutes.
waddya know - it works ok.
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6th March 2006, 07:40 PM #7
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Originally Posted by echnidna
Glad it worked ok Bob.
Al
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6th March 2006, 07:54 PM #8
Thanks Al,
I thought it was a pos coz it takes a lot longer to warm up than my A4 laminator so I was ready to throw it out.
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6th March 2006, 08:47 PM #9
Glad you got it working. The temp for the work beast is 130 C.
Pat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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6th March 2006, 10:11 PM #10
Thanks Pat, I thought they worked at a lot lower temperature.