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[Ditchmiester]

His laminator is causing me major problems. I'm trying to lam Oracal 3651 With Oracal 210. Any time I try to use material wider than 36" I just get major wrinkles. I can run 36" pretty well in 10'-12' sections with no wrinkling. I've tried a push pull gauge to make sure the rollers are even across. I'm out of ideas and I'm getting to the point where I thinking maybe a new laminator is the right idea. Any advice

 

[Bly]

I'd get it looked at.
Those things are tanks if a bit slow.
We had one for ten years and it never ran off once.

 

[Ditchmiester]

I talked to Seal about sending a tech out to take a look. They quotes 1500 dollars. That seemed steep to me.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Is your material centered on the laminator's rollers? Do you have the feeds tensioned? Do you have wrinkles forming behind the rollers after laminate is applied or just in front?

 

[Ditchmiester]

Is your material centered on the laminator's rollers? Do you have the feeds tensioned? Do you have wrinkles forming behind the rollers after laminator occurs or just in front?

I'm running in the middle of the rollers. I have the feed tension set to where it hand tight. I have wrinkle forming before the rollers on the feed side not in the laminate but in the prints.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

OK from past experience with a seal pro and with my current GFP. That is typically due to the feed not being tensioned enough in comparison to the roller pressure. Try increasing the tension on the feed roll.

 

[Ditchmiester]

When laminating should I always have it on a core on the bottom feed arm.

 

[Bly]

When laminating should I always have it on a core on the bottom feed arm.

Yes and set the tension about the same as the lam.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Yes, it allows for even tensioning... unless you have the table feed option?

 

[Ditchmiester]

My Laminator has a small table that folds up is that the feed table?

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

That is the feed table, but on some models there is a core holder that is attached to the table.

 

[Ditchmiester]

Thanks for the help. One more question. Is it possible to laminate sheets of decals. Not having it on a core?

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Yes it is as long as you have the sheet tensioned.

We use a ezgripper for ours.

 

[Ditchmiester]

Going to order an ez-gripper today. Also the tension knobs on the side when laminating sheets should they be tight or on the loose side?

 

[Bly]

Just enough tension to keep the wrinkles out.