Special ionizing blast nozzles can be used to reduce the charges between the plastic films. It is mostly necessary to use a power supply unit with optimized ion balance.
Electrostatic discharge on a gathering machine
How does the gathering machine work?
Gathering machines are used to gather individual sheets in the desired arrangement. Machines with up to 30 stations are built. A gripper arm with suction nubs takes the single sheet from the top and places it on the transport chain. The stacks are fanned out from the front with compressed air using an aluminum perforated bar to prevent sticking, so that multiple sheets are not taken out. This works quite well with paper, with films there are problems due to higher electrostatic charge!
It comes to electrostatic charges of the foil sheets
When gathering films, the conventional compressed air bar is not sufficient to separate the films. Stops occur again and again because the film either sticks to the stack or several films are taken out. The many stops result in excessively high production costs. Some print shops reject such jobs.
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Which Eltex components are used?
Ion blower nozzles flatBLOW R36E, R55E
flatBLOW - Ion blower nozzles for almost any application In our product group flatBLOW you can find all Eltex flat blower nozzles. From narrow to wide to angled nozzles, everything is included. The basic bodies R36E and R55E are available in straight and angled versions.
PRO IONIZER ES61
The PRO IONIZER is a powerful and flexible device which is suitable for absolutely any application. With the new Performance Control, each discharging component can be supervised and displayed separately. With different adjustable process parameters and several interfaces the PRO IONIZER sets a new benchmark. Click here for more information! Protocol/device description files of the fieldbus interfaces for integration into the machine control: Information on fieldbus integration