Laminating documents with a school laminator
is pretty easy. However, loading film onto your school laminator is not
quite as simple.
If you do end up loading your laminator incorrectly, adhesive may end
up being deposited onto the rollers. It is very important that you do
not allow this to happen. Otherwise, you will need to scrub the
adhesive off the rollers before you can laminate any other documents.
Laminating documents with a school laminator
is pretty easy. However, loading film onto your school laminator is not
quite as simple. In fact, the number one reason for service calls on
school laminators is that the film was loaded incorrectly. With this in
mind, it is important to be very careful when loading film onto your
laminator so that you don't load it backwards or incorrectly.
If you do end up loading your laminator incorrectly, adhesive may end
up being deposited onto the rollers. It is very important that you do
not allow this to happen. Otherwise, you will need to scrub the
adhesive off the rollers before you can laminate any other documents.
Adhesive may be deposited on the rollers if
You try to laminate with only one roll loaded on your machine
You try to use two different widths of laminating film at the same time
Either roll of laminating film is loaded upside down (with the adhesive
towards the roller). The shiny side of clear film should be in contact
with the heat rollers and the dull side with the adhesive should face
out.
One or both rolls of film are allowed to completely run off the cores of the laminator. .
Being careful to not allow one of these things to happen, here are some
simple steps for loading film onto your school laminator. Please keep
in mind that you should always replace both rolls of film at the same
time.
Turn the main power switch on. If the laminator is
already hot, turn the main power switch to off and allow it to cool
down before turning the machine back on.
Remove the feed table from the laminator so you can see both rolls of laminate that are mounted on the laminator.
Cut the remaining top and bottom film webs between the supply rolls and
the heated rollers. Be very careful not to cut the heat rollers in the
process since this could ruin them.
Raise the safety shield to its full upright position and pull the top piece of film down.
Remove the existing film from the laminator. One of the easiest ways to
accomplish this is to use the reverse function of the laminator to
slowly back the laminate out of the machine. Be careful during this
step to make sure that no adhesive comes in contact with the heated
rollers on the laminator. You may need to reinstall the feed table to
complete this task. Just remember to remove it again after the film has
been removed.
Remove the bottom roll of laminating
film by sliding the right to release it from the hex shaped brake hub.
Loosen the locking screw on the left retaining collar of the film
supply shaft and slide the collar off. Pull the shaft partially out of
the film tube and then push it back in to knock out the left core. Pull
out the shaft all the way out of the tube and remove the remaining core
adapter.
Slide one core adapter into the right
side of the new roll of film ensuring that the film will unroll
properly (from the bottom). Slide the film shaft into the core adapter
and tube from the right side. Place the other core adapter on the shaft
protruding from the left side then replace the retaining collar.
Tighten the locking screw.
Lower the bottom idle bar.
Unroll 2ft of film and push the idler bar back into place and drape
film over the bottom roll of film. Place the bottom roll of film back
into the round hole of the right side frame and the left side into the
hex shaped brake hub.
Remove the top film supply
roll from the laminator and repeat steps 6 and 7 from above. Ensure
that when you install the film onto the roller that the film will
unroll from the bottom after the film supply is loaded back on the
laminator.
Unroll 2ft of film and drape the film over the top idler bar and completely over both heat rollers
Slide
the feed tray under the bottom film web that is draped over the bottom
roll of film. Reinstall the feed table so that the bottom film is
resting on the tray.
Slide the threading card
between the feed tray and the laminating film that is laying on the
tray. Gently push the threading card into the nip area of the heat
rollers. The card should now be guiding both rolls of film into the
heat rollers
Lower the safety shield and press the
RUN button on the laminator. Watch the leading edge of the threading
card to ensure that it enters the nip area of the heat rollers and is
being pulled into the laminator. Push STOP once the threading card has
exited the rear of the laminator.
Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written over 100 articles on laminators, binding machines, laminating supplies,binding supplies,binding covers,paper handling equipments,binders,index tabs, and shredders.
