WHAT IS A LAMINATING PRESS?
The job of a laminating press is to bond layered materials together to create a stronger material than the original. Typically this is done to achieve a cosmetic or performance aspect to the face for commercial or industrial use. Many laminating processes involve coating a film, textile, plastic, metal, wood, or other porous or non-porous substrate with a surface to strengthen it to be used for a much broader range of purposes. Often when we think of laminating, we think of teachers who laminate their cards and paper materials so they can withstand daily usage by children without being easily ripped or torn, but this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
While teaching materials may seem to be in the forefront of our minds when speaking of laminating, lamination is primarily a process used to create building materials for construction so they can handle a larger workload and/or not be easily damaged. From sky scraper construction to do-it-yourself projects around the home, lamination aids in the sturdy-nature that is necessary for the demands of everyday life!
Laminating presses, and their processes, each have a unique set of parameters, typically revolving around temperature, pressure, time, humidity, moisture content, etc. Hot presses use heating platens, or rollers, heated with steam, oil, or electricity. Cold presses use ambient platens, or rollers, to generate force. The amount of temperature, pressure, time, and moisture content, all factor into how the process is determined. The end game of every laminating process is to achieve a rapid turnaround of laminated materials, and to move them into the flow of producing an end product.
Depending on the nature of the process, the application may be suitable for a roll laminating operation. Roll lamination uses rollers rather than platens to laminate materials. This process focuses on melting adhesives in order to conduct the lamination process. In addition, roll lamination is typically used for smaller projects rather than large-scale building endeavors. Roll laminators are built in a variety of configurations to manage varying pressure and production requirements. Common applications for roll laminating are: 
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