Design and Technology GCSE
Lamination
What Lamination means in Design and Technology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Lamination
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The process of bonding multiple thin layers of material together to create a thicker, stronger, and often curved composite.
Bonding two or more layers of material together to increase thickness, rigidity, and overall strength.
The process of applying a thin layer of plastic film to paper or board using heat and pressure.
Topics that use Lamination
- Papers and Boards: Appropriate surface treatments and finishes that can be applied to papers and boards for functional and aesthetic purposes (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Papers and Boards: Specialist techniques, tools, equipment and processes to shape, fabricate, construct and assemble a high-quality paper and board prototype (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Timbers: Design contexts (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Aesthetic Purpose
- Compressive Strength
- Die
- Former
- Functional Purpose
- gsm (grams per square metre)
- Manufactured Board
- Spot UV
Using Lamination in the exam
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