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Ordered a new lamminator
I have been using a 1300mm hand operated lamminator for ages…………been considering upgrading to a 1600mm hot/cold machine.
As I have imported sign equipment from China in the past of course that is where I was looking.
At Sign Uk this year one company was displaying a Chinese 1600mm machine……..so having seen one in the flesh I decided to go ahead.
It is a generic lamminator manufactured by many companies and after a few emails I decided on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A30n0ghva4
As soon as I gave the go ahead to be invoiced I was phoned by my contact at the company………..as soon as I paid ( Paypal) I was called again to confirm payment was received.
So in a week or so it should be on a ship heading to Liverpool then I shall have it shipped up to Scotland 😀
John
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Very nice, you’ll be giving your old one away of course 😉
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The had operated one has served well………but time to move up to something more suited to large prints……….I have lost count of the number of re prints I have had to do when lamination went wrong!
John
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Is the hand operated one any good for flood coating boards?
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We’ve got an Easy Mount 1600, and occasionally still have to do re-prints.
It’s still a million times better than the old ‘Polar Signs’ we had.
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I recently bought the adl 1600h and apart from a faulty control panel I have been pleased with it. My only gripe is I bought it to laminate 1600 wide media but to get 1600 wide on the machine is a battle as there is no room to spare! Other than that it seems a nice bit of kit so far
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Watching this thread with interest, seen a few of these Chinese laminators and would be interested in how you get on with it.
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The same machine as Grafityp supply, saw them at Ipex and thought it was a good bit of kit for the money.
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The ADL range have been a little hit and miss, by this I mean we ordered 8 of the 1600C and 8 of the 1600 H1, the 1600C have had mechanical issues which are been resolved by ADL and without question or hesitation on their behalf.
The 1600 H1 however have apart from one faulty control panel been a huge hit and now we are just waiting for our next shipment of 21 units to arrive.
Regards
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Glad to hear that the lamminator is a good one 🙂
Got and email this morningfrom my contact Franklin letting me know that it will leave the factory on Thursday this week to be shipped…………photos of it will be taken and sent before is is crated and sent.
so far everything is exactly to plan.
john
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John, how much was shipping costs out of interest?
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Shipping? $80 US from the factory to Shanghai…………..free from Shanghai to Liverpool as it was built into the price.
John
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My lamminator left the factory for Shanghai yesterday……..should be in the port on Sunday 😀
John
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My lamminator arrived in Shanghai on schedule and is now on a ship to Liverpool.
next thing should be contact from the UK shipping agent in a couple of weeks with a bill for port fees,customs clearance, import tax, vat and the cost of getting it delivered to my door.
john
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Ship is due to dock today 🙂
Shipping agents have been in touch to confirm my EORI ( import number) and invoice me with all the port and customs fees, tax, vat etc….
They are dealing with transporting it from the port it to me on a tail lift truck as the carton weighs in at 230kg.
John
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My laminator arrived this afternoon……..extremely sturdy packing case.
I opened the crate and everything seems fine…..pics to follow.
John
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open with caution, maybe people inside claiming to be technicians. 😉
looking forward to hearing how you get on John. thank you for the updates.
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quote Robert Lambie:open with caution, maybe people inside claiming to be technicians. 😉LOL 😀 😀
Look forward to your comments too John, I was talking about getting a new one this morning.
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Still to fully un pack and assemble the stand etc.
Some photos
John
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nice.
how much did you save shipping from china.
we all like to save money on kit, but sometimes the deal can be a pitfall of bad things.
perhaps be a good idea, creating a data base of good kit suppliers in china.
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Serious looking piece of kit
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quote John Thomson:My laminator arrived this afternoon……..extremely sturdy packing case.
I opened the crate and everything seems fine…..pics to follow.
John
got the pm, sorry cant reply to it.
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Meant to update this ages ago……….
Took four of us to lift it onto the stand and everything is working fine 😀
Another import result for me with no problems…………now I would love an A3 UV flatbed………….
John
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Did you get an engineer in to calibrate the rollers?
Kev
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No Kev……….simply followed the supplied instruction manual to set it up.
John
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