What happens if you use 10 mil laminating pouches in a 5 mil laminating machine?
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at
10:11 am
Question by Katherine L: What happens if you use 10 mil laminating pouches in a 5 mil laminating machine?
I’m looking for a laminating machine that can accomodate 10 mil thickness, but they all seem fairly expensive. So I was wondering, would it be catastrophic to use a 5 mil machine? Or would it not come out at all? Thanks.
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You will break it, and not even GW Bush will be able to fix it.
Hello Katherine,
A lamination machine heats up to a specific temperature.
A five mm thickness requires less heat to create a bond. Using a ten mm plastic will bond, but not as well. I would suggest passing the film through twice as an experiment.
There are some machines that allow a variety of thickness’s. But the machine must be allowed to fully heat up before use.
respectfully
Gordon