Laminating rollers, often interchangeable with pull rollers, are rubber cylindrical tubes used to pull or drive materials in the heated process of lamination. Lamination can be explained as the process of bonding two or more sheets or layers of material, typically plastic, in order to create a laminate, which is a thin sheet of non-fabric protective material.
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American Urethane, Inc.Odenton, MD 800-394-7883 American Urethane is a quality manufacturer of laminating rollers. They provide customers with engineering assistance, secondary operations, tooling and mold-making, metal bonding and inserts, casting, molding and quality control. For all of your applications, American Urethane can create the perfect part to your requirements and specifications. Visit their website or call today!
Harwood Rubber Products, Inc.Cuyahoga Falls, OH 330-923-3256 Harwood Rubber Products has the facilities and production capacity to meet your individual needs, yet they are not too large, allowing them to still provide exceptional personal service. They are able to guarantee your orders will receive prompt attention from the very people you discussed your order with. For the laminating rollers you are in need of, call Harwood.
Western Roller CorporationBend, OR 800-541-2317 Western Roller Corporation will always strive to improve quality and production methods to provide their valued customers, and partners, with the superior quality and most cost effective products. When it comes to laminating rollers, they have the perfect solution for your unique and specific application needs. Call WRC today, to get a quote on the perfect part for you.
Unicast Inc.Easton, PA 800-275-0818 Unicast Inc. has been a family owned and operated company since they opened their doors in 1984. They have a standard catalog of replacement parts for the envelope and corrugated box industries, as well as a custom line that can produce parts to fit any application. For all your laminating rollers and other needs, be sure to contact Unicast for a quote today.
Gallagher CorporationGurnee, IL 800-373-8793 Offering customers product design and development, along with mold making, machining, custom and injection molding, Gallagher has all of the tools to create the perfect laminating rollers for your applications. They want you to experience the best levels of quality and customer service that you have ever had. Call or visit the website today for a quote on your next order.
Weaver Industries, Inc.Denver, PA 717-336-7507 Family owned and operated since 1954, Weaver Industries has been providing customers with honesty, integrity and the tools and opportunities they need to allow their business to grow. Their knowledgeable sales staff, friendly and trained customer service staff and experienced machinists are prepared to help find and create the best laminating rollers for your specific application.
Hiawatha Rubber Co.Minneapolis, MN 800-728-3845 For Hiawatha Rubber, the more difficult your design and application are, the more valuable they will become as a partner in production for your company. They provide only the highest quality goods and superior service you deserve when working with you to find the perfect laminating rollers for your application. They also have a cost-saving tooling library.
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Since lamination requires heat in order to properly bond the two materials, laminating rollers must be fabricated from materials that are capable of high heat-resistance such as silicone, which is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 500ยบ F (260° C). Additional elastomeric materials capable of withstanding high temperatures include fluorocarbons, EPDM, neoprene, butyl rubber, nitrile butadiene (NBR) and chlorinated polyethylene. Laminating rollers are essential in a broad spectrum of industries, including marine products manufacturing, for lamination of the underside of offshore vessels; woodworking, for the lamination of table tops, chairs and other pieces of furniture; industrial manufacturing, for processing and assembly equipment such as web converting machinery; and printing, for the lamination of important documents, identification cards and other types of paper requiring a protective outer coating.
Often, laminating rollers are constructed with a metallic core, such as aluminum, steel or stainless steel, with the elastomeric material bonded onto the core through a rubber-to-metal bonding process. The rubber-to-metal bonding process involves the rubber, the bonding agents and the substrate. Once the rubber is determined, the bonding agent can be determined, and they generally consist of a polymer-solvent solution, a primer coat based on phenolic-style resins and a top layer of polymers and other materials. To apply the bonding agent, a primer coat must be sprayed over a slightly wider area than the topcoat through the use of a barrel spraying machine. The substrate and the rubber must then be pressed together to enable the bonding to occur. Once manufactured, for lamination there must typically be three sets of rollers: a drive roller, a guide roller and a laminating roller. There must be a 1:1:1 ratio of these three roller types. The guide roller and the laminating roller rotate in direct correlation to the rotation of the drive roller. While the drive roller moves the material, the guide roller stretches the material and the laminating roller laminates the material as it is stretched and extruded between the rollers. Lamination offers several benefits, including enhanced color and contrast of materials, protection from abrasion and increased material strength.
