Drylam PRO-LAM PL1200-HP - Manual (Page 69)

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Roller Care And Maintenance
This paper is applicable to the revolution series heated laminating rollers built by professional
laminating systems only. Using these guidelines on other laminators or rollers could cause serious
damage to the roller these guidelines should be used in addition to the instructions and manual provided
with your machine.
Precautions:
• Before attempting to perform the following, you must read and understand this paper in its
entirety and read and understand your operating manual and any other documentation relevant to
any procedure that you may attempt. Follow all safety precautions stated or unstated.
• Do not burn yourself, the rollers are very hot, use gloves.
• Keep any sharp or metal objects away from the rollers if you must cut the film off the machine
allow a 6” “buffer zone” away from the rollers.
• Keep all clothing and jewelry away from the machine if you have loose fitting clothing remove it
or tuck it away (such as a tie, jewelry or jacket) and keep your hands and fingers away from the
rollers while in operation
About your rollers:
Your laminating rollers are possibly the most advanced heated laminating roller in the industry they are
engineered (and patented) specifically for high performance, high quality, energy efficiency, and ease of
operation. They are manufactured from some of the best materials available, for their application, to the
industry, utilizing technologies only developed in the last few years. We are constantly developing new
technologies and formulas for our laminators to meet the extreme demands of the laminating process.
Roller Failure:
The following most often causes this:
• Overheating the rollers
• Exceeding the designed speed and temperature for the specific film
• Cutting the rollers with a knife or other sharp object
• Failure to clean the rollers regularly resulting in the adhesive “burning” into the rollers thus
causing the molecular link in the silicone to fail resulting in pitting on the roller surface.
• Running the laminator cold with an adhesive build up on the rollers. When the adhesive is cold,
it will adhere to the laminating film and the silicone if you are using a film with a highly
aggressive adhesive it is possible that it will pull on the silicone rollers causing pitting near the
edges of the film. We have engineered silicones with high release capabilities and have nearly
eliminated this problem however it may still occur when you combine this issue with the
previous issue of “burn in”.