Glossary of Lamination Terms
Carrier - Lamination pouches are placed in a carrier. The carrier looks like poster board, but is glossy on the inside. The carrier prevents excess lamination glue from getting on your rollers.
Clear Roll Film - An everyday roll film that will adhere to most ink lay downs. Clear is popular with schools and copy shops because it works great on a variety of substances. Clear gives your document a glass-like appearance. Temperature range: 210°-275°
Cold Lamination - Cold lamination film is done by using pouches with a sticky inside that applies to the product being laminated.
Core Thickness - Most laminators, 12 to 27 inches, use lamination with a one inch core. The core is the hole that runs through the lamination film. Roll laminators, 40+ inches, use anywhere from a 2 1/4-inch core up to a three inch core. Your laminator manual should show you what size core you need to use.
Dry mounting - A thermal process, which uses a heat-activated adhesive (dry mount tissue) to adhere the back of an image to foam board, mount board or another paper-surface mounting substrate. It may be done with a press or with some types of laminators. It has often been used by framers in the art and photo markets.
Hot Lamination - Lamination is done with heat. Heat activates the lamination film causing it to attach to the product being laminated.
Matte Film - Matte pouches have a slightly granular, frosted texture to reduce glare. Due to their texture, these pouches will accept pencil, pen, marker, and reduce smudging. Excellent for both indoor and outdoor applications.
Mil Thickness - The thickness of lamination film is known as the mil thickness (thousandths of an inch).
Pouch Laminators - Pouch laminator machines are the most commonly used. They are easy to use, produce good laminations, and are portable. Pouch laminators are available in various shapes and sizes with the most common sizes being 4” and 12” laminators.
Pressure Sensitive Pouch - Pressure-Sensitive Pouches have a sticky backing. After a Pressure-Sensitive Pouch has been passed through a laminator, the back can be pealed off and stuck to a surface.
Roll Laminators - Roll lamination is predominate in schools and print shops. Roll lamination is a good choice for high volume lamination and for laminating large documents or posters. Roll laminators use two large rolls of film, one over the other. The top roll adheres to the item being laminated, laminating the topside, while the bottom roll laminates the bottom side.
Standard Clear Pouch Film - Standard Clear Film is the most common form of film used for lamination. Standard Film is imported from overseas, which is why the cost of standard clear film is usually less than the U.S.-made Select Film. The quality in the past was poorer than Select Film, but is now about the same.
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