LAMINATING MACHINE

The invention relates to a laminating machine (01), wherein the laminating machine (01) comprises at least one material source (100) configured as a sheet feeder (100) for sheets (03) of a material (02) to be laminated, the laminating machine (01) comprises at least one laminating unit (310), the laminating machine (01) comprises at least two lamination sources (320; 330), each for at least one web-type laminating material (321; 331), and the laminating machine (01) comprises at least one laminating unit (310) for producing a material web (02), which is laminated on both sides, from the sheets(03) and the respective at least one laminating material (321; 331),at least one lamination monitoring device (348; 349) is disposed downstream of a laminating region (313; 314) of the lamination unit (310), along a transportation path provided for transporting the laminated material web (02), and the monitoring device monitors a control region lying outside a transport region that is occupied bythe transportation path p