MKS, Ion Industrial Expands Static Control Product Line

Published: August 06, 2006, By pffc-online.com

PRESS RELEASE

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT—MKS, Ion Industrial, a product group of MKS Instruments, Inc., has now extended its product line for industrial electrostatic applications with the 30kV/3mA DC-25 charging generator, RC-type charging bars with stainless steel and tungsten electrodes, and mini charge applicator. The company will market these and several other products under the Tantec brand name in the commercial printing and graphics arts industry, film and plastics industries. The combined Tantec and MKS, Ion Industrial electrostatic charging product line will offer comprehensive solutions for a wide range of electrostatic pinning or tacking applications, such as in binder manufacturing, card inserting, catalog stacking, chill roll edge pinning on cast film lines, in-mold labeling (IML), interleaving, roll changeover/transfer, plastic bag manufacturing, and shrink wrapping. See ion.com/industrial.