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 Variety of Lamination Film Used in Applications

Many businesses around the world make use of lamination in their operations. There are many lamination companies which supplies laminating films in rolls to these businesses. Lamination can come in trade forms to digital print forms in business or school applications. The right lamination machine with the appropriate laminating film is available for the application.

Laminating needs

Lamination is quite common in society today with the need to protect important documents or keepsakes. There are different types of laminating films used in the laminating process; these include pressure sensitive laminating films; thermal laminating films; hot and cold films for laminating.

These laminating films come in large rolls in a variety of sizes to fit the desired application. Quality is an important factor in laminating film which can affect the laminating process. One may use a good lamination machine but a poor quality film would cause a poor result on the lamination which may even damage the important document or piece to be laminated.

Hence, the lamination machine and the laminating film must be of high quality and reliable to generate the desired result. A good lamination machine can handle thousands of sheets easily with consistent results. A desktop laminator is commonly used by schools or offices which have a lot of lamination works.

These lamination machines are now designed to be quite portable although expensive that they can be purchased for home, school or office use. Lamination service providers also purchase a unit of such lamination machines to serve consumers with an odd piece of lamination now and then.

Lamination components

The lamination process requires very few components; the laminating film and machine. The lamination machine is hooked up to the electric power supply; and with the film in place, the laminating process can be activated within minutes. There is a wide range of laminating films to choose from to fit the requirement. There are wide format laminating films and special graphics laminating films. There are also low melt gloss laminating films and pressure sensitive films as well as digital laminating films.

Laminating films can be slit to the preferred length or size by industrial manufacturers of laminating machines. One of the common laminating films used in a variety of applications is the OPP lamination film which is 28 micron OPP Matt. This is a high quality laminating film that is made of thermal orientated polypropylene. It gives a smooth matt finish that offers a nice appearance to the laminated document. It caters to single as well as double sided lamination.

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