Printing
Static electricity can cause print quality issues, as well as sheet feeding and delivery problems. It can also create a risk of fire in solvent processes.
Printing on paper or plastics in high-speed, sheet and web fed applications will create static control problems. These issues apply to offset, gravure, flexographic, screen, pad, inkjet, laser and digital printing processes.
Fraser Anti-Static can solve most of the static-related problems in the printing industry.
Industry Applications
Static Control for Synthetic Printing Substrates
Owing to the greater use of synthetic substrates, higher speeds and UV inks, label printing and converting is a growing market for static eliminators.
Find out moreDigital Print Defects and Contamination Control
Digital printing is susceptible to static charge in many ways, both in graphic colour work and document printing. In graphical digital printing, the most common static problems are dust contamination and print quality.
Find out moreProblematic Static Charges in Digital Document Printing
Digital document printing can dry the substrate, which makes it very static generative. This problem can be seen immediately at the exit of the printer or at subsequent operations, such as creasing and folding.
Find out moreStatic-Related Pad Printing Issues
There are three commonly encountered static-related problems in pad printing. These are dust on the product before printing, ink-fly/feathering or cobweb patterning on the product, and static build-up on the pad attracting contaminants.
Find out moreProduct Misbehaviour in Print Finishing
Static electricity causes problems throughout the print finishing industry, including sheet misfeeding, paper jams in machinery and untidy stacking or collation caused by sheets sticking to each other or the paper-feed path.
Find out moreStatic Regulation in Screenprinting
Screenprinting is still widely used and remains a major area for static problems - particularly in the sign-making industry where plastic substrates are widely employed.
Find out moreReduction of Charge Build-Up in Sheeters
In web offset printers and digital printing, sheet cutters transform the printed web into sheets. If plastic material is undergoing the sheeting process, the result is often extremely static generative, leading to material misbehaviour and a range of packaging issues, as well as presenting a real risk of shocks to operators.
Find out moreProduct Misbehaviour in Offset Printing
Static electricity causes problems such as poor sheet-feeding and delivery in offset printing.
Find out moreSafe Static Elimination for Gravure Printing
In gravure printing or coating lines, where combustible inks or solvents are used, one spark from a static charge could result in fire or explosion and serious injury or death. Our ATEX-certified range of static control products is designed specifically for these hazardous EX applications.
Find out moreHow to Ensure Perfect Lamination
Numerous static issues are encountered when applying protective, optically clear, self-adhesive lamination film to the printed face of a graphic display board. Problems can range from the attraction of dust and contaminants to the repulsion of both surfaces.
Find out moreImproving Efficiency of Sheet Separators
Static electricity in a stack of sheets can prevent correct sheet separation.
Find out moreUsing Electrostatics to Pin Multiple Sheets
Temporary bonding or 'pinning' of multiple sheets is very useful for handling, packing and sorting. Commonly used for inserts by mail houses, magazines, newspapers, publishing companies and more.
Find out moreCharged Magazines that Automatically Open for Saddle Binding
The inside of a web printed product, such as a magazine, can be given a charge so that it opens out and drops onto a saddle binder.
Find out moreElectrostatic Adhesion of Magazines for Ease of Transport
When a stack of paper, magazines or similar material is transported on a conveyor there is a high risk of the product slipping off the stack. Electrostatics provides a clean and convenient solution.
Find out moreStatic Control on Winders – Label Printing and Converting
Some processes within label printing and converting can generate large volumes of static, which can in turn result in operator shocks, product rejection and production delays.
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