Device for laminating a substrate with a thermoplastic coating material

A device for continuously laminating a substrate with a continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material, comprising

• an infrared (IR) heating device, by means of which a surface of the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material is melted, the IR heating device comprising at least one IR radiant heater for heating the surface of the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material,
• a cooling apparatus which is opposite the IR heating device and actively cools the surface of the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material that is opposite the molten surface, and
• at least one press-roller assembly, by means of which a continuous substrate web and the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material are pressed together to produce a hot-melt adhesive bond between the continuous substrate web and the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material,
• wherein the cooling apparatus is designed as a rotatably driven cooling roller, over the circumference of which the following are arranged in succession, in the order given below:
• a first feed apparatus for the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material,
• the at least one or more IR radiant heater for heating the surface of the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material resting on the cooling roller,
• a second feed apparatus for the continuous substrate web,
• the at least one press-roller assembly for pressing the continuous substrate web against the molten surface of the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material resting on the cooling roller,
• and a removal apparatus for the laminated product, and wherein the device is configured so that the continuous thermoplastic, film-shaped coating material rests on the cooling roller without moving and is without tension between feeding to the cooling roller and removing the laminated product.