Full Version: Lamacoid

From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1]
 4 Aug 2006
To: ALL

Is lamacoid just a Product name for lasered plastic? Or is there certain characteristics that are required for certain jobs?

I have a contractor needing mechanical tags but the spec calls for lamacoid plates.


Jeff

From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2]
 4 Aug 2006
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1] 4 Aug 2006

Jeff,

I think lamacoid is another name for phenolic material.

It's a brittle material that can't be sheared.

From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#3]
 4 Aug 2006
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#1] 4 Aug 2006

Here's some info I posted back in April about Lamicoid:

http://www.engravingetc.org/forum/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=3628.8

From: Mike (MIKEN) [#4]
 4 Aug 2006
To: ALL

A quick Google search indicates that it is laserable laminated plastic as we know something like Rowmark. It appears to be a term more in common use in Canada.

From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#5]
 4 Aug 2006
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#3] 5 Aug 2006

Now I went to search and put in lamicoid and nothing came up in the search function. Hmmm

I also found an international website for engravers that listed the term and here is the definition.

lamicoid: a trade name for rigid phenolic engraving material which is no longer manufactured. Sometimes this material is misspelled 'lamacoid'. Norplex and micarta are two other phenolic engraving materials. These phenolic materials incorporated components which are carcinogenic. IED sells flexible engraving materials made of safe (they say) acrylic plastics.

the site for those interested is

www dot gravers dot com slash iedwords dot html

Jeff

From: Mike (MIKEN) [#6]
 4 Aug 2006
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#5] 4 Aug 2006

did you try "lamacoid"?

From: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#7]
 4 Aug 2006
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#6] 4 Aug 2006

That is another way to spell it. If you go to the site it states that it is also spelled lamacoid

From: Mike (MIKEN) [#8]
 4 Aug 2006
To: jeff (JCHUMBLEY) [#7] 5 Aug 2006

My point was that there are 600 listings for lamacoid with the top ones indicating that itis a material similar to what we know as laminated plastic engraving material.

From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#9]
 5 Aug 2006
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#4] 5 Aug 2006

The real Lamicoid was a very different type of plastic from Rowmark. The only relation was that it was 2 ply and engravable. It was a hard heat and chemical resistant melamine (sort of like bakelite but doesn't chip as easy). Rowmark might look like it, but is a lot softer and lower melting point.

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