A variety of lamination methods are used.
Acrylic lamination process.
These materials are primarily used by thermoformers providing products into many markets.
Dry laminating involves bonding two or more strips of a flexible backing material using an adhesive dissolved in a solvent if an adhesive tape is used then the process is called complexing.
These sheets include wood grains brushed metals solid colors geometric patterns camo paint films and chrome.
Home plastic sheet lamination.
The lamination of plastic panels together whether in a combination of acrylic and polycarbonate or even with glass is becoming more and more popular as clients are seeking increased design innovation.
Lamination is the process of combining two webs of film together prasad 1995.
We are one of the few company s in europe able to manufacture laminated plastic panels and we can also extend this process to glass.
As an example azdel a glass reinforced thermoplastic composite made with continuous glass mat is produced using an extrusion lamination operation film continuous random orientation glass mat and molten resin are combined in a lamination process using a sandvik double belted.
Another lamination process uses a lamination press after materials are combined in a thicker structure than film.
The adhesive is applied to the least absorbent strip which is then bonded to the second strip by the high pressure exerted by cylinders heated.
These strips may be made of film paper or aluminium foil.
In flexible packaging applications lamination is often used to combine a plastic film with another film paper or foil.