Inside this issue

Follow up from Printex

Product Profile: LEDCO from U.S.A

Tech Tips: how to set your roller pressure

Matts Wrap: Encapsultors: heatshoe or hot roll?

Staff Profile: Sarah Smith

 

 

Our Staff

Meet Sarah Smith...

There is no need for an introduction, we assume you all know Sarah well.

Reluctantly admitting to over 20 years of industry experience, she finds herself picking apart menus at restaurants and fault finding in every coated surface she comes across.

When she is not at work selling machines and solving laminating problems, her favourite thing is her garden in the hills, her stupid fluffy dog Molly and caravanning with her husband and kids. 

Well known at work as the master of delegation, she is just as happy working on the factory floor as she is dressed up on the trade show floor, enjoying the banter and familiarity of the printing industry.

 

 

Matt's Wrap:

Encapsulators: heatshoe or hot roll?

When it comes to encapsulation, people often get confused by the differences between a heat shoe machine and a hot roll laminator.

Encapsulation is thermal polyester lamination on both sides of the sheet, to create strength and often an encapsulated seal around a document such as a menu or poster.

Heat shoe laminators heat the rollers externally and the laminate is heated and melted on the heat shoe prior to the enclosed rollers applying it.  This enables greater speed for polyester encapsulation, and is the most common form of roll laminator.

Hot roll machines require the internally heated roller to melt the glue as it applies it. While this reduces scratching, it also reduces production speed by over half.

Either way your rollers and heat shoes need to be spotlessly clean, as any residue or marks on the heat shoe or roller will scratch the film or foot print on to the laminated surface.

LS1100 Hot Roll Machine

 

 

 

 

Next Issue

2016 Wall Planners

Product Profile: QLam Iris Series 2

Tech Tips: Setting Roller Pressure on Cold Laminators

Matts Wrap: Papua New Guinea Machine Installation

Staff Profile: Meet the Director!

 

 

We hope you enjoyed our latest newsletter!

If you have any feedback or topics you would like us to include, please contact us on info@lamination.com.au

NEW!!! Sky Pouch Machines

We have sold the last of the popular Peach 3500 machines and are happy to announce the arrival of its replacement... the Sky 335R6. This high speed, heavy duty Pouch Machine is designed for high volume use and will achieve photo quality, professional results every time. Check out the manufacturer's video here  and contact us for more information.

Features:

 

Sky 330R4

Sky Laminators offer excellent value for money results, with a range of laminators for low volume use through to high speed professional machines.

For schools, businesses, photo labs, copy shops and home, we have a Pouch Laminator perfect for your laminating needs, including the Sky 330R4.

Features:

• 4 rollers (2 internally heated)
• Reverse function
• Variable temperature control (0-150 degrees)
• Preheat mode
• Standby and auto power off function
• Easy to clean
• High speed performance
• No carrier required
• 12 months parts warranty

Review of Printex 2015

Print Ex is held every four years as a merged trade show, combining and showcasing the latest in digital print with Visual Impact and wide format. 

This May, we all made the trek out to Sydney Olympic Stadium and were pleasantly surprised at the quantity and quality of enquiries.

Proving again that the industry is moving further and further towards wide format, the show highlighted just how much wide format equipment is out there and the variety of products and finishes that can be achieved easily.

As anticipated, our new Minibond 520 was a success, selling out before the end of financial year and the Sign Master Applicator gained plenty of attention as well, for being the most robust, user-friendly applicator on display.

The AGSA Wrap Master Challenge once again proved a hit, and this time around we gained a mention as a key sponsor through our preferred distributor Australian Visual Solutions.

Product Profile: LEDCO

Last month we imported our first LEDCO  High Speed Laminator in 20 years!  

Built in the USA these machines are heavy duty and robust beyond anything the Australian market has seen.

 

Tech Tips: Setting the Roller Pressure on a Thermal Laminator

The best way to check the roller pressure on a thermal machine it to test it while the machine is hot and webbed up with film. 

With the rollers closed, feed in a dark sheet (full width) and let the sheet sit in the nip of the rollers for around 20 minutes. When you then feed it out the back you should find 2 parallel lines indicating even pressure across the rollers.

If the lines widen towards one side, you may need to either take some pressure off that side or apply more pressure to the opposite side to make it even.

Many machines such as the MiniBond, you can adjust the pressure externally on the unit, however remember to just do small adjustments at a time and less pressure is best when it comes to laminating.

Next time we discuss how to set roller pressure on a Cold Laminator.