laminatorn.
/ˈlamᵻneɪtə/, /ˈlamn̩eɪtə/, U.S. /ˈlæməˌneɪdər/ A person or organization that makes laminates, esp. plastic laminates.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with plastic materials
plastician1928
laminator1941
thermoformer1972
1941 Modern Plastics Oct. 31 (advt.) Complete lists of molders, fabricators, laminators, material manufacturers, press and equipment manufacturers.
1952 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. VIII. 185 With the advent of World War II, a tremendous amount of development and testing work was instituted and carried on, not only by laminators, but by suppliers, fabricators, [etc.].
1965 Guardian 31 Mar. 16/1 Some laminators tried to help manufacturers to move fabrics which had been gathering dust on warehouse shelves, producing laminated fabrics entirely unsuited for the applications they were used for.
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2. A machine for making laminates, esp. one for bonding paper or the like to plastic film.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun]
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1958 Plastics Technol. Dec. 1126/1 In conjunction with the modern extruder-laminater, servo feed-back controls on the machine cut rejects and save material.
1967 Mod. Office Executive Buyers' Guide (ed. 5) 95/1 Ply-on laminator. Automatically seals anything written, printed, photographed, typewritten or drawn in thin clear plastic.
1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxii. 320 It would be unrealistic of us to make a simple recommendation that every school should have..a punch-binding machine and an electric laminator.
1980 Nature 3 Jan. p. x/1 (advt.) Pelling & Cross Ltd announce the availability of a neat, low-cost, desk-top laminator.
1987 Graphics World Nov.–Dec. 80/4 The document is inserted into a plastic pouch which is then fed directly through the laminator.
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