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The process is disrupted
Static cling or static attraction to disrupt your production process.
“The process is disrupted”
The problem
Build-up of static charges on non conductive objects can create enormous adhesion forces and cause what is known as a static-cling. These electrostatic force cause materials to stick together or to repel each other at different locations in a production process creating disruptions on winders, printing and stacker applications.
Examples of static cling
- A plastic film clings to the idle roller causing disruption in the web tension and web guidance.
- Small punched parts stick together
- Sheets on a stack stick causing feeding of multiple sheets or can not be taken apart
- Plastic film wound on a winder clings to the roll when trying to unwind
- Bags do not open because the layers are stuck together
Examples of repelling
- Yarns for textile travel alongside at very small spacing. Repelling causes irregular
- Small injection moulded parts jump out of the box
- Sheets float on a stack
- Film on a roll on winder is telescoping
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