Static control in the printing industry

Meech International will be exhibiting a host of solutions for static control on stand 2-N11 at ICE 2005

Meech International will be exhibiting a host of solutions for static control on stand 2-N11 at ICE 2005.

Three exciting new products will be on show for the first time to the converting industry at ICE.

The Meech Model 986 Feedback system has been a huge success since its launch in November 2004.

It is installed in a number of factories throughout the UK for automatically controlling the problems of static and has been proven in many converting processes applications including slitting/rewinding, laminating and gravure printing.

Unlike other products that merely provide static 'reporting', the 986 DC Feedback System automatically optimises static charge removal by sensing the residual charge on the target material and reacting to it.

This means that the static control system can operate at optimum performance under a range of conditions without the need for operator intervention.

The new 976Ex and 915Ex are advances on existing Meech products and are certified by Baseefa to comply with Article 9 of the Council Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX) for use in hazardous areas.

They are particularly suited to coating, laminating, finishing and gravure printing applications, where the highest safety standards are mandatory.

The Model 915Ex AC system provides the same exceptional level of performance long associated with the 915 AC bar, while the unique Model 976Ex Pulsed DC Bar provides highly effective long range ionisation up to distances of 600mm.

Meech will also be contributing to the ICE Technical Congress by presenting a paper entitled "Web Cleaning and Static Control Issues in Self Adhesive Tape Manufacture".

Alan Chadwick, Business Development Manager at Meech will consider web contamination and static charge issues arising in each of the major process stages of self adhesive tape manufacture (ie manufacture of stock material, coating and converting).

In particular it will highlight the problems that contamination and uncontrolled static charge can cause, the solutions that are currently available and the benefits that will accrue from implementation of those solutions.

Other products from Meech include the Meech 915 Shockless AC bar and 976 Long Range DC bar, ionising air blowers, ionising air curtains, guns and nozzles.

Members of the Meech International team will be present to answer any questions visitors might have on the subject of static.

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