Method and apparatus for transfer lamination
AssigneeHazen Paper Company
InventorsRobert Hazen, Keith McCrodden
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Abstract
An embodiment of the inventive method of transfer lamination involves metallizing a first side of a film and then bonding the metallized first side to a substrate. Then a coating is applied to a second side of the film after it has been bonded to the substrate. The bonded film and substrate are then placed in an oven. The film is then stripped from the substrate leaving metal from the film deposited on the substrate. The application of the coating is performed as an inline part of the transfer lamination process thereby providing an ease of manufacture presently unknown.
Claims19
A method for transfer lamination, said method comprising the steps of:
- metallizing a first side of a film;
- bonding said metallized first side of said film to a substrate;
- applying a first coating to a second side of said film at a first gravure station after it has been bonded to said substrate;
- curing said bonded film and substrate in a first oven;
- applying a second coating to said second side of said film at a second gravure station;
- curing said film and substrate in a second oven;
- and
- removing said film from said substrate leaving metal from said film deposited on said substrate thereby producing a metalized substrate;
- wherein said applications of said first and second coatings are performed as an inline part of a transfer lamination process such that there is no need to coat the film in a separate step prior to reuse.
A method for transfer lamination, said method comprising the steps of:
- metallizing a first side of a film;
- bonding said metallized first side of said film to a substrate;
- applying a first coating to a second side of said film after it has been bonded to said substrate;
- curing said bonded film and substrate;
- applying a second coating to said second side of said film;
- curing said film and substrate;
- and
- removing said film from said substrate leaving metal from said film deposited on said substrate thereby producing a metalized substrate;
- wherein said applications of said first and second coatings are performed as an inline part of a transfer lamination process such that there is no need to coat the film in a separate step prior to reuse.
A system for transfer lamination of a substrate, said system comprising:
- a bonding station for bonding a metallized first side of a film to a substrate;
- a first coating station for applying a first coating to a second side of said film after it has been bonded to said substrate;
- a first curing station for curing said bonded film and substrate;
- a second coating station for applying a second coating to said second side of said film;
- a second curing station for curing said film and substrate;
- a stripping station for removing said film from said substrate to produce a metallized substrate ready for printing and a transfer film having two coatings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.