COLD / HOT LAMINATION
Description
Laminating is the process of applying a film to either one side or both sides of a printed document. The use of lamination serves several purposes:
Lamination adds matte, luster, gloss or texture to a printed product controlling the reflection. It provides stability to the sheet, allowing it to be more durable or stand upright. It provides protection to sheets that are handled frequently or may encounter moisture. Many laminated documents are water resistant, tear proof, and tamper proof and U.V. protected. Can use laminates as a wet wipe/dry wipe writing surface.
Lamination can be a useful and often necessary addition to various products including posters, maps, membership cards, calendars, food labels, menus, signs, price tags, ID cards, point-of-sale materials, business cards, charts, photographs, placemats, badges, covers, certificates, etc.
Thermal Lamination
The laminate usually consists of 2 plies with each ply made up of an overlaminate film and an adhesive, which is dry and not tacky to the touch. A heat source and pressure are required during the lamination process. The document is placed between the two plies of the laminate film and then sent through equipment where the dry adhesive is made tacky by heat and is pressed onto the document under high pressure. After cooling, the adhesive solidifies and provides a permanent bond between the document and laminate film.
Cold Lamination
Cold lamination is a process in which only one side of a document is laminated. This laminating process is required when the ink and/or paper used for a document is too sensitive to the heat required with thermal lamination. The film used for cold lamination is much more costly than for thermal lamination. We stock matte and gloss laminates up to 79" wide.
Lamination - Pressure Sensitive (for wide format)
Our machines are capable of handling business card size up to 80" wide materials.
Semi Glare |
Other Various Specialty Laminates
Lamination - Thermal (for paper or wide format) 1 to 250,000 pieces, 2 sided or 1 sided, up to 50" wide, high speed auto trimmed up to 30" wide |
