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Lamination is the process of bonding two materials together to form a single whole. In picture lamination, the picture is sandwiched between two plastic sheets and the entire structure heated to form what is known as a "laminated card".

Lamination is used in several ways:








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Lamination is the process of bonding two materials together to form a single whole. In picture lamination, the picture is sandwiched between two plastic sheets and the entire structure heated to form what is known as a "laminated card".

Lamination is used in several ways:
  • as a form of protection for fragile materials such as when an identification card is laminated between two plastics sheets.
  • as a way of displaying documents such as diploma
    Diploma

    A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree....
    s, certificates and some such; in this kind of lamination, the diploma or document is bonded to a backing such as wood and a special varnish
    Varnish

    Varnish is a Transparency , hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a Turpentine substitute or solvent....
     added on the top to lock the document in.
  • as a form of art such as when photograph
    Photograph

    A photograph is an created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a Charge-coupled device or a Complementary metal?oxide?semiconductor chip....
    s are printed on acetate
    Acetate

    An acetate, or ethanoate, is either a salt or ester of acetic acid.In chemistry, the abbreviation Ac refers to the acetyl group. The anion and the functional group may be written as -OAc and AcO-, or OAc respectively....
     and then the acetate is laminated onto aluminum sheets.
  • as a manufacturing process used to make laminated construction materials such as plywood
    Plywood

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     and formica
    Formica

    Formica is a genus of ants. It is the type genus of the family Formicidae and the subfamily Formicinae, and in turn Formicas own type species is the European red wood ant Formica rufa....
    .


See also

  • Laminate
    Laminate

    A laminate is a material constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. The process of creating a laminate is lamination, which in common parlance refers to the placing of something between layers of plastic and sealing them with heat and/or pressure, usually with an adhesive....