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Encyclopedia > Laminated

A laminate is a material constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. The process of creating a laminate is lamination, which usually refers to sandwiching something between layers of plastic and sealing them with heat and/or pressure.


The materials used in laminates can be the same or different. For example, by applying a layer of plastic film either side of a sheet of glass, the glass is said to be the laminated subject. The plastic is said to be the laminate. The term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerization products. ... The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ...


Examples of laminate materials include Formica and plywood. Formica and similar plastic laminates (such as Pionite or Wilsonart) are often referred to as High Pressure Decorative Laminate (HDPL) as they are created with heat and pressure of more than 5 lbf/in² (34 kPa). Formica is a brand of plastic laminate containing melamine resin. ... Plywood was the first type of engineered wood to be invented. ...


Laminating paper, such as photographs, can prevent them from becoming creased, sun damaged, wrinkled, stained, smudged, abraded and/or marked by grease, fingerprints and environmental concerns. Photo identification cards and credit cards are almost always laminated with plastic film. A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... Credit cards A credit card system is a type of retail transaction settlement and credit system, named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. ...

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Types of laminators

Three types of laminators are used most often in digital imaging:

Pouch Laminators use a lamination pouch that is usually sealed on one side. ...

Film types

Laminate film is generally categorized into these five categories:

  • Standard thermal laminating films
  • Low-temperature thermal laminating films
  • Heatset (or heat-assisted) laminating films
  • Pressure-sensitive films
  • Liquid laminates

See also

Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is a composite material or fibre reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass. ... ... Epoxy or polyepoxide is a thermosetting epoxide polymer that cures when mixed with a catalyzing agent or hardener. Most common epoxy resins are produced from a reaction between epichlorohydrin and bisphenol-A. The first commercial attempts to prepare resins from epichlorohydrin occurred in 1927 in the United States. ... Composite materials (or composites for short) are engineering materials made from two or more components. ...

External links

  • An Introduction to Laminating Systems and Materials

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Lamin 8, North Wales, UK - Decorative board lamination services (86 words)
Lamin 8, North Wales, UK - Decorative board lamination services
Lamin 8 are specialists in decorative board lamination and we offer a range of outstanding services including full cutting, edging and CNC facilities, all making use of the very latest technology to create extra impact, reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Adopting a way of working that keeps ahead of even the fastest-moving projects, Lamin 8 consistently delivers a level of service and a range of benefits that few if any other decorative board companies can match.
BioMed Central | Full text | Altered protein dynamics of disease-associated lamin A mutants (4822 words)
In the absence of lamin A, emerin relocates from the INM to the endoplasmic reticulum [3,5,6].
By NMR and circular dichroism the structure and thermostability of the R482W mutant is similar to that of wt lamin A [26].
Our analysis of protein dynamics suggests that an altered interaction between emerin and lamin A could alter the stability of the nuclear lamina, reflected in the increased mobility of lamin A. Missense mutations in the coiled-coil domain of lamin A are associated with the myopathies, not FPLD (Figure 1).
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