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To other heat activating applications, the Falcon is able to perform are Overlaminating,
and Simultaneous Mounting and Laminating, since the two applications are very similar,
we’re going to demonstrate Simultaneous Mounting and Laminating. A Falcon laminator
is able to perform simultaneous mounting and laminating. Using a mounting board with one
adhesive side such as Orcaboard or a board coated with Protex hot mounting film. The
control panel set up configurations for simultaneous mounting and laminating are the same as mounting
only. The only difference is that the speed control should be set to 1. Because this process
requires heat activating for laminating, you’ll need to load and position the film. Film is
loaded on the upper unwind, for laminating on boards, set the nip as previously demonstrated
with the same 1/3 turn for proper pressure. Using a weaver board, start the film. Adjust
the film tension so that the wrinkles come only halfway down around the roll and no further.
Use the footswitch to feed the board with the print packed to the leading edge. Films
have a shiny side and a dull side. The dull side is the adhesive side, plus the dull side
should always face towards the machine as the film is pulled towards the roll. The second
point to remember when molding film, is that the film must be centered on the machine for
best performance. The simultaneous laminating and monunting process is now complete.
The last heat activated application is encapsulating. Encapsulating a print involves putting a heat
activated film on both the top and the bottom of the print. First load film on the lower
and the upper unwinds. These films are referred to as the top film and the bottom film. The
procedure for loading the film is the same as previously demonstrated. Using the tape
measure, align the films up exactly and evenly in order to avoid getting glue on the roll.
Lock the arms into position. Pull the top film around the top idler, and over the top
roll. Then take the bottom film, pull it around the top idler, and pulling it tightly, lap
it over the top roll, allowing it to stick to the top film. Next, raise the roll around
1/8 of an inch, using the leader board push the film evenly into the net. Then use either
the footswitch or the auto switch to move the film and board through the rolls. Once
the film and board are through the rolls, lower the top roll until it comes into contact
with the bottom roll. Go to the back of the machine. Continue to feed film until the leader
board can be wrapped bound around the bottom secondary drive roll. While pulling the film
down with one hand, lower the top secondary drive roll in place. Push down evenly on the
roll, ensuring the film is firmly down. Adjust the tension on both the top and bottom films
so that the wrinkles do not come out more than halfway around the roll. Install the
front table unto the machine and turn the cooling fans on up. The machine is now ready
for encapsulating. Hold the print near the leading edge. While feeding the print into
the machine, pull out to the sides, and push in at the same time. This will keep the print
as flat as possible. Start the machine with the footswitch. Once the print is in the nip,
set the controls to the auto mode, once the print exits the back rollers, set the controls
to the stop position. The encapsulation process is now complete.