Flame Laminating

Dal-Bac has two of the few flame laminators West of the Mississippi. This process uses a gas flame to burn the surface of polyurethane foams, essentially creating its own adhesive to laminate goods to both sides of the foam in a single pass. Some familiar examples might be automotive headliners, house slippers, beverage can insulators and eyeglass cases. We use several types of foam, including the following:

• Clickable polyester foam, which is somewhat firm.
  
  
• Non-clickable polyester foam, which is softer. Over half of our laminations use this foam.
  
  
• Edge-seal foam, which is even softer. When diecut, the edges of this foam pinch down and seal together.
  
  
• Flame-retardant foams in several degrees of flame retardancy .