Laminating Machine

• Large scale cold lamination system
• Instantly applies laminate without heat
• Patented supplies allow quick and easy application changes
• Simply feed the item in and push the button
• All the benefits of heat lamination without any odors or down time

Product Description
The XM4400 Laminator from Xyron Pro makes professional document, signage and poster finishing, up to 42 inches wide, fast and easy. Pressure sensitive cold lamination process instantly applies laminate without heat. To use the XM4400, simply feed the item in, push the button and trim. Patented supplies allow quick and easy application changes. Perfect for posters, POP displays, mock-ups, banners, signs and other large format output. No unpleasant odors, no mess,… More >>

Xyron Pro Professional Laminator, Gray

Photocopy centres provide cheap and reliable services such as digital imaging, colour printing and document reproduction. In recent years, more photocopy centres have expanded their services to include bookbinding and laminating services. By specialising in these services, photocopy centres now use business machines like binding machines, electric guillotines, paper guillotines, laminating machines and rapid electric staplers.

It is difficult to handle sheets of photocopied paper that are unsecured. Aside from that, reading would be much more inconvenient. Photocopy centres now offer laminating services for customers who want to protect their documents, pictures and identification cards from wear and tear.

For efficient bookbinding and laminating services, your photocopying business should use specialised business machines, like:

1. Binding Machine

It is a device used to bind and secure sheets of paper together. A manual binding machine is the right choice if you have a bundle of paper that requires binding. However, it makes more sense to use an electric binding machine if you have a large volume of paper to bind.

Using a binding machine is relatively easy unlike the old-fashioned binding process wherein you painstakingly glue each page before stitching the spine of the bound material. Manual binding machines punch holes to the paper. Plastic combs secure the bound material through the holes at the end of the paper.

2. Paper Guillotine

When binding sheets of paper together, you need to align them. You need to use a paper guillotine to trim the edges to make sure that the sheets of paper are aligned well. Due to its versatility and precision, paper guillotines are used to cut from cardboards to stacks of paper.

3. Electric Guillotine

For high-volume work, electric guillotine machine cuts large stacks of paper that manual paper guillotines cannot do.

4. Laminating Machine

Lamination protects the paper or document from scratches, tears and wrinkles that could alter the text or graphic. It also improves the overall appearance of printed documents. Lamination can be done by either hot roll or cold roll laminating machines.

Hot roll laminating machines use rollers to melt glue extruded unto lamination film. The film is then applied to paper or cardboard using pressure rollers. Cold roll laminating machines use adhesive-coated plastic film with a glossy backing to protect graphic-intensive and heat-sensitive materials. Once the glossy backing is removed, the exposed adhesive side of the film will stick directly to the material that needs to be laminated. The machine’s rollers will apply pressure to the films that wrap the material, thus binding it together.

5. Rapid Electric Stapler

This specific type of electric stapler is manufactured for stapling at a rapid rate to achieve a stitching effect. As compared to a typical mechanical stapler, the rapid electric stapler is automated and does not need any effort from the operator to achieve the necessary speed.

Using quality business machines can boost the profitability of your photocopying business. These machines can make binding, laminating, cutting or trimming paper much easier and help you save more time for your business.

• Four silicon rollers provide the flexibility of laminating with or without a carrier
• Laminates items up to 9″ wide and thicknesses of up to 10 Mil
• Gradual Temperature Control allows easy temperature adjustment when changing pouch thickness, pouch composition, or laminating different materials
• Steel Gears guarantee strength and durability
• One-Year Warranty

Product Description
When it comes to a professional, heavy-duty, and efficient laminator, no other beats Akiles Pro-Lam!

Product Summary:

* Extruded Aluminum Heat Plates: Guarantee a good and consistent heat distribution.
* Four Silicon Rollers: Eliminate the need to use carriers while ensuring a constant feeding speed.
* Built-in Electronic Circuit Board: Allows quick and exact temperature adjustments.
* Gradual Temperature Control Allows an easy temperature adjustment when chan… More >>

Akiles APL230 9″ Pouch Laminator Pro-Lam230

• Laminates documents up to 9″ wide
• Thermally binds folders with spines from 1/16″ (10 pages) to 1/2″ (120 pages)
• Create professionally finished graphic presentations
• Ready to laminate or bind in 3 minutes
• For home or the office

Product Description
LAMINATOR, QUIKFINISH TANDEM 9″… More >>

QuikFinish Tandem+ PM2000 9″ Document Laminator & Thermal Binder Combo Business Machine

When you’ve begun searching for a laminating system for your home, school, or office, there are literally hundreds of brands, models, and types to consider. One of the most basic choices you will have to make when choosing your laminating machine, however, also happens to be one of the most important: will you be using hot or cold lamination? Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and in this article we will begin to discuss the differences between the two systems, and hopefully help you choose which of the two laminating systems is right for you and the needs of your office. Here are a few things you will need to consider when making your choice.

Cost. In general, it seems that there is not a huge difference between the cost of hot and cold laminating machines. Where you will likely see the biggest difference in cost is in the supplies that you will need to have on hand for each system. Cold laminating supplies, as it turns out, are often a bit more expensive than those used for hot lamination. Depending on how you intend to use your laminating machine, however, the benefits of cold lamination might well outweigh the added cost of the supplies. Supplies. There is a vast difference in the sizes and types of supplies available for hot and cold laminating. At this time, hot laminating pouches and supplies come in a much greater variety of sizes, making it the choice if you are going to be needing to laminate different sized documents on a regular basis. That being said, the methods of adhesion are more varied when you use cold lamination, which includes giving you the ability to laminate and apply the adhesive, just apply adhesive, or to laminate using a matte adhesive. Supplies for those options are difficult to find for hot lamination, and this is especially true for smaller sizes. Speed. Because with cold lamination there is no need to wait for the machine to heat up, it is the clear choice of laminating machine when it comes to speed. Quite a few models of the smaller cold laminators will not even need to be plugged in. This gives these particular cold laminators the advantage of being able to be used just about anywhere you may need to transport them. Hot laminators, on the other hand, will generally need anywhere from two to fifteen minutes in order to properly heat up, and will, of course, always require power in order to function. Heat. Although most of the better hot laminating machines come with safety functions that prevent users from getting burned, there is always that danger when dealing with heat. Also, there are several types of documents you might want to laminate that are heat sensitive such as photos, vinyl or thermally sensitive materials such as ultrasound images. These items can be damaged by head and are not be a good choice for hot lamination.

These are just a few of the things to consider when weighing the choices between hot and cold laminating systems. As always, do plenty of research before you decide to invest in a machine for your needs.