host posted on May 05, 2008 19:48
Static Elimination
Converters know the host of problems static electricity can cause in their processes. Specifically during slitting, static charges can cause trim fragments and fibers to stick to films. This dirty, charged roll then can cause productions slowdowns and -even worse- poor product quality.
For Pennsylvania-based Tolas Health Care Packaging, slitting was becoming a sticky situation. "We were having a lot of issues with high static chrage zapping the operators," explains manufacturing engineer Ralph Eskilson.
Tolas converts medical-grade Tyvek from DuPont and other coated and laminated substrates at its 50,000 sq-ft plant in Feasterville, PA, which has 150 employees. As the company began shopping for a solution, Eskilson says Simco Industrial Static Control was the only vendor able to provide a viable answer to its static control problem.
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