Beating Static Woes

• "Static Control systems are great for removing the static charge on a moving web and will reduce the amount of air born particles that would otherwise be attracted to the web. But static removal alone will not clean the web. One effective method is the use of contact cleaning rolls (CCR). Here, surface contamination makes contact with a polymeric-covered roll to break the boundary layer of air traveling with the web. Web cleaning machines with nip-style contact cleaning rollers can offer many options that most others do not."—Ron Sweet, manager of operations and sales, Polymag Tek Inc.