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Subject: Re: Board heat up time

From: "James" <jamesrsweet@...>
Date: 2010-07-17

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "rlspell2000" <rls@...> wrote:
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> Interesting. I run the laminator at 180C, and still need pre-heat.
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> In fact, I was running it at 220C (until the rollers failed) and still needed pre-heat.
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> I use OEM HP P1006 toner and Hammermill Laser Gloss paper.
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>


I'm using a fancy Unilam 1200 that has variable feedrate, so I can have the board crawl through at a slow pace. The better laminator made a huge difference, if you can replace the feed motor with something that you can slow down I suspect that would fix your issue. If the feed is too fast you don't get enough contact time for the PCB to heat up.