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Depending on your industry, you may call these foam core film laminators, hot film applicators, film-to-foam fusing units, or hot roll film laminators.

Union Tool hot roll film laminators speed production line application of protective films to one or both sides of EPS foam cores. The programmable controller assures tight tolerances for both roll temperature and line speed. Processes foam cores up to 4' wide by 12' long.

Depending on your industry, you may call these foam core film laminators, hot film applicators, film-to-foam fusing units, or hot roll film laminators.

The Union Hot Roll Laminator was specifically designed to laminate a protective plastic film to one or both sides of EPS foam cores ranging in size up to 4' wide x 12' long.

The lamination is achieved by passing the foam and film through a set of heated teflon-coated rolls at the correct speed and temperature. This fuses the film to the top and/or bottom of the foam.

The Union HRL incorporates many unique features such as top and bottom unwind stations, hot oil recirculation system, teflon-coated laminating rolls, top roll air cylinders, digital temperature and roll adjustment readouts, AC variable frequency drive, and AB programmable controller.

The unwinds utilize quick change chucks and air brakes to ensure proper tension on the film as it is being laminated to the EPS. Both unwinds may also be adjusted horizontally by a single handwheel to assist in alignment between the film and the EPS.

A self-contained hot oil recirculation system is mounted within the framework of the machine. This unit heats and transfers the oil through the special design of the laminating rolls. The rolls are 12.75" in diameter and will maintain a roll surface temperature within two degrees from end to end. This temperature is adjustable up to 400 degrees F. The upper laminating roll is adjustable in relationship to the bottom roll in a range from 0" to 4".

Safety devices such as electrically interlocked guards, overtemp controller and reversing cable are standard features of this machine.

The Union HRL can be used in conjunction with film adhesive as well as precoated webs to activate adhesive for a variety of laminations.

Some of the industries we serve:

Recreational Vehicle (RV) Manufacturing — Union Tool is right in the heart of RV and motorhome country, and we've been making machinery for laying up floor, wall and ceiling panels since the industry first took off back in the War years. Travel trailers, mobile homes, fifth wheels, and towables of all kinds are made better, faster, and more profitably with Union Tool machines. These machines are adaptable to other industries as well; basically, anywhere large sheets and panels need to be laminated, coated, painted and glued up.

Entry, Security and Garage Door Manufacturers — Like wall panels in the RV industry, doors are typically sandwich constructions — a frame or core covered with various types of facing panels front and back. Union Tool makes many roller coaters and laminators preferred by door makers, including our new 110-inch "twins" ... a matching hot melt roller coater / laminator pair, big enough to face both sides of a garage door substrate in a single pass.

EPS Foam — EPS foam sheets and panels are used in many manufacturing processes. Union Tool makes several machines specific to EPS foam, and many UT laminators, coaters, feeders and stackers can be adapted to handle EPS foam.

Plastics Packaging & Forming — From application of blister / skin pack material to silicone coating of plastic web materials prior to forming, Union Tool knows how to handle plastic sheets, films and panels.

Metal Stamping, Drawing and Forming — From lubricant coating and painting to wire brush finishing, many Union Tool machines find homes in metalworking plants of all kinds. Stackers and feeders keep those sheets of aluminum, brass, steel, and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals moving down the processing line ...

Architectural Glass — Union Tool makes roller coaters specifically designed for glass substrates. The making of spandrel glass especially requires the particularly smooth paint coating that our Reverse Roller Coaters provide ...

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Manufacturing — One of the primary requirements in the manufacture and assembly of printed circuit boards is protecting the surfaces of the boards, which means gentle handling by the edges. While most of the machines in this category are specific to the PCB industry, they can be adapted to handle delicate materials of all kinds where surface protection and precision handling are required.