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News Release from: Meech International | Subject: Skymark static control
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 April 2006
Experience with static control solves
problems
Skymark has been using Meech static control solutions for many years on polyethylene bag making machines, and recommended Meech to one of their customers when problems developed on bag filling lines
Skymark Packaging Solutions produces over 250,000 polyethylene bags and pouches for a wide range of applications including snack foods and specialist products for the personal hygiene market, at their Ilkeston site in Derbyshire Skymark works with its customers to ensure that they are providing the right products for a particular application
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 9 Oct 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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They have specific expertise in personal hygiene applications, producing bags for many international brands.
Static charge has always been a problem on polyethylene bag making machines and Skymark has been using Meech static control solutions for many years.
Recently Skymark came up against a particular problem when working with one of its customers involved with the automated packaging of toilet tissue.
The bags, provided by Skymark, are placed on the packaging machine and the filling process begins.
However, due to the presence of static charge, the bag being filled attracted the next bag in line causing it to open prematurely.
A blockage would then result causing machine downtime while the problem was cleared.
Knowing the success in controlling static at their Ilkeston factory using Meech equipment, Skymark asked Meech to visit their customer and discuss the issue of static charge and how it was affecting the process.
Once they understood more, the Skymark customer realised that they also needed to do something to control static in their process.
By simply installing Meech 261 Flexinozzles and Model 977v3 Controller, static charge levels were significantly reduced and so too was downtime.
This ensured that the packaging line ran smoothly and efficiently, so improving the packaging process.
"Thanks to Meech, this particular problem was solved," says Leon Bowler, Conversion Manager at Skymark.
"We have always been delighted with how well their products work to reduce static at our factory and when our customer was experiencing difficulties, it was reassuring to be able to call on Meech, as a third party, to explain the problems static can cause on packaging processes. Request a free brochure from Meech International ...
Meech were both knowledgeable and professional and we see them as partners who helped us help our customers.".
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