I was using it to laminate documents and i may have left it on when i left for home this friday.
Can a laminator cause a fire.
Never leave any appliance on and unattended for long.
According to the london fire brigade lfb there is an average of at least one fridge fire a week.
The laminator had been left on after hours and set off the alarm.
According to the occupational safety and health administration osha every year in the united states 70 000 80 000 workplaces experience a serious fire.
This includes adequate power environmental conditioning of the operating area safe storage for film and other supplies fire extinguishers etc.
Any electrical appliance can become faulty or fail at any time without warning.
There s something about that glide with an extra sharp pair of teacher scissors.
Fridges when ignited can cause fires to develop quickly giving off toxic gases.
It can laminate 5 mil but i had it set to 3 mil.
Any faulty appliance can be the cause of fire particularly those which contain a heating element.
For industrial use laminators setting up a proper environment is imperative.
Whether you re new to laminating or have been using a laminator for years troubleshooting common lamination problems can seem confusing.
It almost makes parking yourself in front of the tv on a saturday night with a roll of things to cut out a little more bearable.
I would check the manufacturer s website to see if the laminating machine poses a fire hazard.
I may have left it switched on so that both the red power light and green ready light were on.
Fire up the laminator.
Some don t pose a fire hazard at all so look that up to see if you should even worry about it.
Upon entering the showroom it looked like the laminator was on fire.
Luckily most issues can be solved relatively easily as long as you know how to properly recognize the symptoms.
About 10 15 minutes later we all noticed a pungent strong smell of burning plastic.
Loss to customer one laminator.
It looked like an indoor laminator bbq.
See also cold laminators.
Below is a list of some of the most frequently encountered.
I don t suppose that it s going to set fire to anything but as it s heating up all night it s going to waste a lot of.
Make sure that your place of work has fire extinguishers of the right type for extinguishing electrical fires.
After putting out the fire officials found that the fire was caused by a malfunction in the laminating machine which overheated oil causing it to ignite the fire department said.
If you are were like me there is a secret or not secret pleasure in cutting through laminating film.
