While most static issues in the converting industry involve solving static problems, in other industrial applications, static charge plays an important and beneficial role.
Surface Energy Matchmaking
- Published: August 01, 2011
Typically, when you coat a fluid onto a substrate, the fluid flows to the limits of the coating head and provides a solid layer of fluid over the substrate.
ITW Buys Contact Sheet & Web Cleaning Teknek
- Published: July 13, 2011
Simco-Ion Becomes New Name in Static Control Technology
- Published: May 10, 2011
Teknek Plans Major Expansion in Asia-Pacific
- Published: April 15, 2011
Teknek Features Nanoclean Technology at ICE USA
- Published: April 08, 2011
Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl
- Published: April 01, 2011
Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion
- Published: March 01, 2011
If you're in the converting industry, you're likely amazed by the continually changing landscape of technically innovative products and processes. They
Meech Managing Director Celebrates 30 Years
- Published: February 08, 2011
Static Jargon and Standards
- Published: January 27, 2011
As with may technical areas, static has jargon that can be a barrier to understanding. A good place to start is NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity. There are many US and international standards on static electricity. There are many are overlapping standards and they are not alway consistent. Still, there is a common thread of understanding that is important to follow … it is just that the common thread can easily be lost in the forest of standards!
Simco, Ion Join Forces for Better Static Control
- Published: January 21, 2011
Plasma Treater Aids Profitability
- Published: December 01, 2010
Good Static!
- Published: March 15, 2010
For example, in 1907, Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, applied for a patent on a device for charging particles and then collecting them through electrostatic attraction — the first electrostatic precipitator. Cottrell first applied the device to the collection of sulfuric acid mist and lead oxide fume emitted from various acid-making and smelting activities. Vineyards in northern California were being adversely affected by the lead emissions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_precipitator].
So, next time your cut sheets jam because the static level is too high, remember that the same static attraction is helping clean the air!
Roll Cleaner Proving Itself
- Published: March 01, 2010
Fieldmeter or Voltmeter?
- Published: December 24, 2009
I received an interesting email question. What is the difference between an electrostatic fieldmeter and a non-contacting electrostatic voltmeter? And, if I had to pick either one or the other, which one is more useful for solving static problems?
How Much Static?
- Published: December 18, 2009
Static is only one of many challenges in commercializing new products and in running production processes. How can we organize our information and prioritize our work so that each issue gets the attention it deserves, and no more? Analysis tools to drive data driven decisions and project prioritization concepts that have proven so valuable in managing operations should also be applied to static issues. To move ahead with on this, we need to establish a performance baseline that is acceptable, and identify maximum levels of static that are satisfactory.
