公开(公告)号：US20170182758A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US15300213

申请日：2015-03-27

Applicant: MICRONICS, INC.

Inventor： Reed Simmons ,  Tatsuya Minakawa ,  Michael Corliss ,  Alan Swan ,  Nick Zenner ,  Emily Fanucci

IPC: B32B37/10 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/30

Abstract: 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.