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News Release from: Graphic Arts Equipment | Subject: GBC Delta laminator range, Lay-Flat
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 November 2006
GAE Takes On GBC Laminators And Films In
New Move
Graphic Arts Equipment has formed a partnership with global laminating film and system manufacturer GBC.
Graphic Arts Equipment has formed a partnership with global laminating film and system manufacturer GBC The agreement introduces models from GBC's Delta laminator range to GAE's equipment portfolio alongside its established Horizon, Shinohara, Perfecta, Durselen and Mitsubishi CTP brands
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 7 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Uprated for Ipex 2006, the automated Delta 7052 is claimed to operate at speeds of up to 20 metres per minute on stock ranges from 20cm x 20cm to 52cm x 74cm and up to 350gsm.
It features a sheet-counter to save waste and increase productivity and is designed to process the GBC range of films, including Lay-Flat and GBC Hi-Tac Lay-Flat.
Those films are claimed to which provide better lay-flat properties and better adhesion to digital prints with fuser-oils.
The 7052 also features a rapid heat recovery system to maintain a uniform temperature, a pneumatic nip pressure for maximum film adhesion, moveable side guides and an ergonomically designed control panel, said GAE.
Sheet loading and feeding, synchronised sheet separation and an unloader table at the delivery ensure continuous production, added the company.
The Detlas' change-overs between stocks, sizes and films provide a flexible quick turn-round for the mainstream B3/B2 marketplace, it is claimed.
The partnership will combine GAE's established close customer contact within the commercial, in-plant and digital sectors with support from GBC's own UK-based technical team and may also provide a conduit for GBC's many larger format and high volume systems, added GAE.
Tony Hards, GAE's joint managing director, said: "Lamination is an important market that has grown steadily in recent years and GBC is at the cutting edge when it comes to both the films and equipment.
The Delta is an advanced system that many of our customers who already have experience of laminating will appreciate can take them to a higher, more profitable level." Michel Diruy, GBC's sales director, added: "We see this as a perfect marriage of GBC's product expertise with GAE's strong customer relationships in this important sector in the UK.
Our product range and intensive development programme, combined with our understanding of the processes and substrates place us perfectly to provide a resource for users who wish to add value to their product in the most efficient and professional manner.".
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