Textile Systems & Supply, Inc.

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Nasser Pourmand

John James Boyer

John L Boyer

A laminating heating module for use in a flatbed laminating machine. The heating module comprises an elongate body portion with at least one heating pad attached thereto. The heating pad is fabricated from silicone rubber and includes three separate heating zones for regulating the heat to the body portion. Attached to each heating zone of the heating pad is a respective thermocouple to control the temperature of each heating zone. The heating module further comprises a thermostat attached to the heating pad and operative to protect the temperature of the body portion of the heating module from overheating.

Laminating heating module

A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two lengths of material to each other. The machine includes a flatbed pre-laminating station with upper and lower pre-lamination conveyor belts and banks of heater components immediately above and below. At least one pre-lamination belt is vertically movable to establish and adjust a gap between belts while its associated bank of heating elements is vertically pressuredly movable to thereby tightly maintain proximity of heater elements, belts, and laminate materials. Situated immediately downstream is a pressure roller independently vertically movable to establish and adjust laminate gap distance and, during lamination operation, tensioned against a lower conveyor belt guide roller and movable by a roller pressure driver toward the guide roller. A flatbed cooling station is situated downstream from the pressure roller and includes opposing cooling station conveyor belts separate from those of the pre-laminating station to form a cooling passage therebetween whose height is established and adjusted by independent vertical movement of at least one belt, while its associated bank of cooling elements is vertically pressuredly movable to thereby tightly maintain proximity of cooling components, belts, and laminate materials in the cooling station. The pre-lamination and cooling station conveyor belts remain flat during operation and thus do not experience air gap production above and below heating and cooling components and consequent production of temperature inconsistencies. Further, the pressure roller position restricts air gap production on either side thereof, thereby maximizing temperature consistency throughout pre-lamination and cooling.

Flatbed lamination machine

A lamination machine for adhesively heat laminating adjacent surfaces of two or more layers of material to each other. The machine includes upper and lower opposing conveyor belts disposed one above the other to form a lamination passage therebetween and through which layers of material travel during lamination. At least one pressure roller is tensioned against the layers to be laminated. A heating module is disposed between the entrance and pressure roller, while a cooling module is disposed between the pressure roller and an exit. The heating module provides a plurality of rigidly maintained single-structure extruded heater components for melting an adhesion constituent disposed between the layers of material in preparation for lamination. Once the layers are pressured together to form a laminated product, that laminated product immediately enters the cooling module bearing a plurality of rigidly maintained single-structure extruded cooler components for cooling the laminated product as it travels through the cooling module. Rigidity of both the heater and cooler components can be enhanced by mounting hollow channels of both on respective rigid tubes. In this manner, a beneficial generally non-elastic lamination pathway is maintained for uniform production of laminated goods.

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Encino, CA, United States of America

Nasser Pourmand