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AssigneePerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
InventorsReed Simmons, Tatsuya Minakawa, Michael Corliss, Alan Swan, Nick Zenner, Emily Fanucci
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Method and apparatus for lamination of substrates, e.g. rigid plastic layers, to manufacture laminated products. The methods include the sequential application of vacuum and mechanical force through a two-stroke process performed by a lamination apparatus having one or more force-producing stroke cylinders. Actuation of a cylinder to produce a first stroke creates a sealed chamber within the apparatus, enclosing a stack of substrates to be laminated. The sealed chamber may be evacuated of air by application of a vacuum. Subsequent actuation of a cylinder to produce a second stroke applies mechanical force to the sealed chamber, which compresses the substrates into a laminated product substantially free of air bubbles or voids.
A method of manufacturing a laminate of rigid substrate members comprising:
An apparatus for laminating rigid substrate members comprising:
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