ElectroStatics

Onpress?Cleaning Equipment
May 1, 2004

AAA PRESS INTERNATIONAL Web cleaning systems, anilox roll cleaners.Visit www.aaapress.com, ABSOLUTELY MICRO*CLEAN Micro*Clean uses plastic media to deep-clean rolls. The well-proven method is used off-press in an enclosed, automated blast cabinet. Media is cleaned/recycled for reduced costs and elimination of hazardous waste. Write 296, Visit www.microcleanintl.com BST PRO MARK Complete line of single and dual-sided "contact" cleaning systems. Visit www.bstpromark.com COMEXI GROUP/ENVIROXI Offers the EVI 2000/2600 Parts Washing unit, the EVT 1500/2000/2700 Parts Washing Unit, and the EV-25/50 VAC Solvent Recovery Unit. Visit www.comexi.com Conversource Conversource is a distributor of consumable supplies and accessory equipment for the flexographic pressroom. The company

Shocking Fact of Life
November 1, 2003

Static control and web cleaning go hand-in-hand with safety, productivity, and quality in the package printing industry. STATIC ELECTRICITY IS a fact of life for most printers and converters. So are the productivity, quality, and safety issues that accompany static and its resultant web contamination. Static is a naturally occurring nuisance on many packaging substrates, building up as a result of the general processes of converting and printing, and aggravated by seasonal changes. The problem arises "once the material is out in the open, going from roller to roller, it becomes highly charged and pulls particles from the manufacturing environment to the film," explains