Threading Film - Gfp 255 C Operating Manual

15. Threading Film

1. Turn the pressure-adjusting hand-wheel to lift up the upper rubber roller.
2. Pass the film web under the idler bar and down in front of the roller
3. Separate 1" of the paper liner from the film web, attach film web to a leader
board the width of the film roll and insert leader board into the rollers
4. Lower the top rubber roller onto the leader board
5. Pull the liner by hand up and attach to a cardboard tube on the liner rewind
shaft as in the diagram below
6. Use foot pedal to advance the film web until the leader board enters the roller
7. Pull the bottom media or Kraft paper web up and adhere to the exposed film
web
8. Use foot pedal to advance both webs until cleared of the nip rollers
ote: The film should be wrinkleless and tight to the surface of the roller. If
the film is not tight enough, increase the roller pressure. If wrinkles appear
in the film web, adjust the brake tension on the top film supply roll. If
wrinkles appear in the bottom media or Paper roll, adjust the brake
tension on both sides of the roll.
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1. Media or Kraft Paper
2. Liner rewind
Gfp 255 C
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3. Top supply roll
4. Idler bar
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