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If The Left Side Of The Roller Is Tighter Than The Right Side...
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Vinylman
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If by "drift" you mean to say which side will the finished product tend to be pulled towards? Your presumption is correct IF you are facing the infeed table, and not facing the out feed table [or like looking from the rear of the machine toward the front].
The tightest gripping side of any pinch roll situation becomes the pivot point, and therefore will cause any substrate to "ROTATE" on that point while the material is being fed through.
The tightest gripping side of any pinch roll situation becomes the pivot point, and therefore will cause any substrate to "ROTATE" on that point while the material is being fed through.
By drift I mean the material moves over as it goes through the laminator.
Looking at the laminator from the front to the back, the way the material goes- the material moves to the right over distance. So the left side gets clear lam hanging over the edge, and the right side starts getting a strip with no laminate. Over 40' the clear overhang is about 1.5"-2".
Which side is tighter?
Looking at the laminator from the front to the back, the way the material goes- the material moves to the right over distance. So the left side gets clear lam hanging over the edge, and the right side starts getting a strip with no laminate. Over 40' the clear overhang is about 1.5"-2".
Which side is tighter?
Vinylman
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Using your most recent discription, The problem is most likely that you are not loading the material you want to laminate in straight enough. It sounds like the material is slowly "drifting" out from between the laminate.
Usually caused by improper loading of material.
You must start with the lead edge being trimmed dead straight across. Any deviation from straight across will eventually cause the situation you are experiencing.
Then you might try attaching a "LEADER BOARD" to the front edge of the print. Tape your print straight to the leader board and then feed the leader into the laminator STRAIGHT. A feed table in front of the laminator with a truly straight side guide might be of assistance as well.
Usually caused by improper loading of material.
You must start with the lead edge being trimmed dead straight across. Any deviation from straight across will eventually cause the situation you are experiencing.
Then you might try attaching a "LEADER BOARD" to the front edge of the print. Tape your print straight to the leader board and then feed the leader into the laminator STRAIGHT. A feed table in front of the laminator with a truly straight side guide might be of assistance as well.