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Laminating Equipment
Laminating Equipment - Pinch Rollers/Panel Cleaners
This category covers a whole range of machines of which some have been covered in other categories, as an example, laminating uses panel cleaners, glue spreaders, high frequency presses, and standard presses which will be discussed in a separate category. Laminating equipment will do multi-functions as opposed to say a conventional press that presses high pressure laminates or veneers after they having gone through various separate stages such as a panel cleaner, glue spreader and a pinch roller
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A pinch roller is part of laminating equipment; it pinches the laminate to the panel after the glue spreader has applied glue to the board, forming a common bond while removing any air bubbles or air pockets.
The panel cleaner would be before the glue spreader in this case. This machine looks like a pinch roller or glue spreader but has cleaning brushes from the top and bottom instead of rubber or steel rollers. These machines come in various widths and some might have 3 or 4 rollers, some also had an anti static rod to remove any static electricity.
A complete laminating line is where the whole application as described above is found in one continuous machine line. Machines that fall into this category are continuous roll laminating lines where rolls of vinyl or paper in various widths are applied to full sheets of plywood or particle board that have been pre-glued by a glue spreader (in some cases the vinyl or paper might have been pre-glued). The vinyl is attached to the board under heat which reactivates the glue and the two are pinched together and are pressed in a continuous form by a sequence of rollers, one sheet after another being 4'x8', 4'x9', 5'x10' etc. These sheets are fed by conveyor through this continuous line after being panel cleaned, glue applied and the two parts, that is the vinyl/paper and the board come together. The rolls or paper/vinyl being continuous, that is, they are on rolls and get cut once the full sheet is laminated. They are now stacked and are sent to other operations where they will be cut, drilled and edged for furniture parts or other products.
MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINES INCLUDE:
Activa, Babcock, Barberan, Black Bros, Brandt, Evans, Evens Rotork, Friz, Harlan, Hymmen, Makor, Mar-bel, Midwest, Monco, Omma, Polymac, Premelter, Rye, SCM, Voorwood, Walco, Century Line, Edwards, American , Duspohl, Nordson, Omma, Pistorius, Poamac, Witte.
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