If you put a little bit of time into looking after your laminator, you will not only increase its working life but also ensure the quality of your work will stay A+

It goes without saying that the rollers and their general condition are the single most important part of any laminator. Once damaged, they will create imperfections that can only be fixed by replacing them. Glue build up from film is the number one cause of roller damage so keep them clean to avoid this.

Kerosene: for hot laminators with rubber type rollers (silicon, edpm, nitrile). The oil base also helps rejuvenate the rubber while cleaning.
White spirit: for steel/chrome rollers and non-heated rubber rollers.

Heat helps to soften glue build-up enabling it to removed quicker, so to make cleaning easy heat the machine to normal operating temperature, remove the film from the machine and then set it rotating for several minutes to really get the rollers hot. Using a Chux type cloth (as they tend not to leave lint behind) and your chosen cleaning fluid, stop the rollers and clean the accessible area, then rotate the machine a little to get to the next section. Be patient and thorough, keep your cloth wet and change it regularly. Don't forget to clean the heat shoes as well!

Helpful Tip: As this can be a smelly job, it may be better to schedule your cleaning for Friday afternoons to limit workmate complaints!! However, there are low fume alternatives such as Qlam's LIMP35 Citrus cleaner, which we have in stock.

Just a quick post to give all our customers advanced notice that Lamination System will be closed from:

2pm Wednesday 23rd December 2015 

to

8:30am Monday 4th January 2016

If you have any urgent enquiries during this time, please contact us on (08) 8374 2177

We have sold the last of the popular Peach 3500 machines and are happy to announce the arrival of its replacement... the Sky 335R6.

This high speed, heavy duty Pouch Machine is designed for high volume use and will achieve photo quality, professional results every time. 

Features:

• 6 rollers for increased volume capacity
• 4 internally heated rollers with anti-jam coating
• Digital temperature and speed control
• Reverse function
• LCD display
• Preheat mode
• Standby and auto power off function
• Easy to clean
• High speed performance
• No carrier required
• 12 months parts warranty

Sky Laminators offer excellent value for money results, with a range of laminators for low volume use through to high speed professional machines. For schools, businesses, photo labs, copy shops and home, we have a Pouch Laminator perfect for your laminating needs.

Contact Us or Freecall 1300 099 030 to discuss which machine will work best for you!

Not getting to result you want? Curly? Warped? Ripples?

A common problem in all kinds of laminating is too much tension or brake being applied to the film. Apart from excessive strain on your laminator, the quality of your product is most likely suffering as well.

Where possible, laminating film needs to be applied naturally, which means minimal tension. This reduces the surface tension of the finished product resulting in less curl, no chance of distortion, less scratching and shrinking at a later date.

A simple rule to follow is, whenever practical, remove tension when making adjustments to curl or finish. Usually too much tension is placed on film when it is first set up to get the film to 'settle' then once it has settled this excess tension is not removed. Also remember as the roll of film reduces in diameter through use, the tension increases.

So just remember once your laminator is set up remove as much tension as possible and you will produce great laminating.

Still not having any luck? Give us a call on 1300 099 030 or send us a message via our contact form and ask the experts!

The best just got better...

European specialists QLAM have raised the bar with the evolution of the IRIS WF range. Some subtle changes based on user feedback from over 18 countries worldwide has lead to new features that truly place them in a class of their own.

The new features of these Automatic Commercial Laminators include a tool less, high speed air film shaft and a 180 degree swing out film mandrel for saftey and efficiency when loading film. Watch our video below for more information about these high quality machines.

Whatever your needs or budget we can help you with a productive solution.

View the QLam range, download a brochure and contact us on 1300 099 030 to arrange a quote or demonstration of the new QLAM IRIS Series 2.