Perkinelmer Health Sciences, Inc.

Emily Fanucci

Alan J Swan

Tatsuya Minakawa

Nick Zenner

Reed Simmons

Michael Corliss

Alan Swan

Method and apparatus for lamination of substrates, e.g. rigid plastic layers, to manufacture laminated products. The methods include the sequential application of vacuum and mechanical force through a two-stroke process performed by a lamination apparatus having one or more force-producing stroke cylinders. Actuation of a cylinder to produce a first stroke creates a sealed chamber within the apparatus, enclosing a stack of substrates to be laminated. The sealed chamber may be evacuated of air by application of a vacuum. Subsequent actuation of a cylinder to produce a second stroke applies mechanical force to the sealed chamber, which compresses the substrates into a laminated product substantially free of air bubbles or voids.

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White Bear Lake, MN, United States of America

Emily Fanucci