Ledco Digital 42/60
Laminators

Ledco Digital
42 / 60

The Digital 42 and Digital 60 laminators were the first designed exclusively for the owners of 36- and 50-inch inkjet printers. They do all the finishing tasks required of a large format imaging shop — laminating one side or two, encapsulating, mounting with heat activated (dry mount) or cold pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA), simultaneous mounting and laminating, and application of cold adhesives.

These machines were made to be very easy to use, incorporating many of the glitch-proof features Ledco developed over 40 years of making laminators for schools and commercial finishing shops. These units will laminate one item then mount and laminate the next in one pass using mounting boards up to 1/2-inch thick. No setup change is needed. In fact, you can laminate one item, then mount and laminate the next in one pass without even stopping the machine.

With a top speed of 30 FPM and a sustainable laminating speed of 12 FPM with 5 mil film, the Ledco Digitals are much faster than the other machines made for big format color applications.

Standard features on both machines include variable speed, independent top and bottom heat controls, spacious feed tray, powerful film cooling system, and swing-away heating units for cold applications and easy cleaning of the rollers.

Ledco is known for making machines which are very reliable, easy to use, and inexpensive to maintain. These units maintain that reputation. They come with a one-year factory warranty.

They are shipped fully assembled with a helpful operator's manual and a 90-minute instructional videotape. Ledco provides a toll-free help line to back up the training and support required of its dealers. Customers are encouraged to call so that small problems do not become big ones.

Standard Features and Benefits:

• Quality silicone rubber laminating rollers release materials easily and maintain their flexibility for a good edge seal.
• Two sets of rollers keep the film flat and tight while heat laminating so that the automatic fans cool and set the adhesive. When thermal films cool in a slack state, the surface of the lamination is wavy and rippled.
• Supply roll tension is easy to adjust by simply tightening or loosening the tension control knobs on the supply roll mandrels.
• Variable speed allows thinner films to be run faster, and enables mounting or the use of thicker films, which require slower speeds.
• Independent temperature controls for top and bottom heaters allow the use of different materials on front and back of an image.
• Large feed tray makes it easier to handle big graphics. The pressure strip next to the nip helps keep images flat and wrinkle-free.
• Extruded aluminum stand with casters.
• Swing away heaters make it very easy to clean the laminating rollers and simplify the use of many cold materials.
• Made in the U.S.A. All parts, including motors and controls, are made here as well.

• Roll feed assembly. The lamination of long images or rolls of images is simplified by a roll feed process. It is difficult to keep long graphics going straight if they are fed from a table. Rolling the material up on an empty core and feeding from a tensioned supply roll with an idler bar insures the material will stay flat and straight from beginning to end.
• Release liner takeup allows the laminator to apply cold laminating films, vinyls, and other PSA materials needing removal of a liner.
• Slitters remove the side scrap from both sides of each sheet as it goes through the laminator. This greatly reduces the amount of time required for trimming.

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