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Industry Leaders in Protective Film Lamination for Metals, Glass, Plastic, and Wood

Anyone in metals distribution understands the importance of protecting metal surfaces from scratches, and damage. Customers who receive aluminum, stainless steel, copper and / or brass sheets demand a defect free surface or the resulting sheets are returned and dollars, plus your reputation are lost. Glass, plastic, and wood surfaces often require protective film coatings, as well. Walco understands the importance of the surface protection operations and has been the industry standard for protective tape & film application / lamination machines for many years.

Legendary Walco safety features are built into each and every Walco machine, including E-Stop, Emergency Stop nip cable pulls, clear mechanical nip guarding and OSHA Orange mechanical drives guarding. Additional safety options available include: Emergency Nip Opening air cylinders, light curtains, guard electrical interlocks, explosion proof electrical, remote alarm monitoring, light stands and audible alarms–all to keep your Operations safe.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three (3) distinct, powered, Protective Tape & Film Applicators / Laminators are built by Walco and designed around your specific tape or film application / lamination widths and frequency of operation. Walco offers many options to tailor any of our overlay applicators and laminators for various protective tape & film application operation requirements.

1.WALCO Model 82-C-1M Overlay Laminator is the world’s most popular overlay applicator / laminator model we build. This powered, medium duty, robust protective film applicator is designed for sheet fed operation, top, bottom or both applications and available in widths up to 62" (152 cm).
Please click on any of the brief 1 minute links listed below to watch a Walco 82C1M medium duty laminator in action. The videos demonstrate how easy it is to laminate smoothly, quickly and economically.

82C1M Medium Duty Laminator Overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Een6e5Mi8Ao

82C1M Medium Duty Laminator Options:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdA5boo6Thk

82C1M Medium Duty Laminator Laminating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ki0kN4shM


2. WALCO Model 805 Wide Film Overlay Laminator is a heavy duty version of the world’s most popular protective tape & film applicator: the Walco model 82-C-1M. Walco’s heavy-duty Model 805 Wide Film Overlay Laminator is designed for sheet fed operation, top, bottom or both applications and is available in application widths up to 88.0” (223.5 cm) . It includes heavy wall, welded tubular steel frame construction and heavy-duty, no deflection rolls.

3. Walco Model 810 Wide Film Overlay Laminator is our extra-heavy duty, overlay laminator. Widths on this protective film applicator range from 52.0"- 124.0" (314.96 cm). Walco’s extra-heavy duty Model 810 Wide Film Overlay Laminator is designed for sheet fed operation, top, bottom or both applications. It includes heavy wall, welded tubular steel frame construction and heavy-duty, no deflection rolls.

Detailed specification sheets and photos of the Model 810 Wide Film Overlay Laminator are available on request. As with all Walco overlay laminators, Walco will tailor your new Model 810 applicator to meet your exact protective overlay tape or film application requirements.

Any of Walco’s overlay applicators / laminators can also be configured as “In-Line Laminators” – using your own coil line to drive the lamination process. This process is very easily accomplished, and will match your existing coil line’s feed rates exactly.

Walco’s protective tape and film laminators apply virtually any overlay material to clean, dry and flat sheet substrates with minimum set-up time. Sheet-to-sheet lamination is easy. Precision roll opening adjustment allows laminating to soft substrates as well as rigid. Foot pedal operation is standard.

Walco’s full range of applicators / laminators are offered with a full range of optional accessories including: single point nip gap adjustment, variable speed control, air brakes, additional unwind stations, rewind stations, mechanical core locks, air shafts, In feed and Outfeed conveyors, casters, unique pass through heights, and much, much more. As with all Walco overlay laminators, we’ll build the machine to meet your exact protective tape or film application requirements. Just ask. Walco will deliver!

With such a wide range of protective tape & film application options available, it’s easy to see why Walco’s line of overlay laminators are the industry leaders. Contact Walco today for the utmost in flat product protection.