Thick Laminate Pouches

If you have been shopping around for laminating film pouches or lamination rolls found here you have probably come across terms such as mil thickness or micron thickness there are several different ways to measure the thickness of a laminating pouch.

Thick laminate pouches.

Also keep in mind that not every laminator can accept all pouches. The most popular sizes are a4 and a3 laminating pouches. Consult the machine s instruction manual if you re not sure what pouches you can use. Likewise a film measuring 10mil would be 010 thick.

Hence a lamination film measuring 1 5mil would be 0015 thick. Laminating pouch thickness indicates how thick one side of the pouch is. First the thickness of the pouch is almost always listed per side. Thus a 10 mil pouch would actually be 20 mil thick not 10.

Laminating pouches are used in tabletop thermal pouch laminators which are found in sizes ranging from 4 inches up to 13 inches wide. The pouches come in a thickness of 3 5 7 and 10 mil. Also because your printing will be sandwiched between two pieces of laminate a 1 5mil laminate will increase the overall thickness of your printed piece by 3 mil 003. This means that a 10mil pouch is actually 20mil thick 10mil on the front and 10mil on the back.

The total thickness of the pouch is twice as thick as the listed thickness since the pouch is made up of two sheets of pre cut laminating film sealed together along one edge. I have come up with this conversion chart that should help you determine which pouch thickness you need and which your laminator can handle. Fellowes laminating pouches are available in a wide variety of sizes and formats. The laminating becomes thicker and more rigid as the mil increases so choose a 3 mil thickness if you want thin flexible.

Laminating pouch thickness is measured in microns 1 micron 1000th of a millimetre. From as small as 54x86mm up to a2. The mil thickness of the pouch is listed per side. That said here are the 5 most common pouch thicknesses.

Laminating pouches come in 3 5 7 or 10 mil.