In the January/February 2025 issue of Label & Narrow Web, representatives from leading companies in the static control industry, including TAKK’s Terrance Clark, discuss how using static control products to manage static electricity is extremely important in the label converting industry.
An excerpt from the article:
Terrance Clark, Sales Manager for TAKK Industries, notes several problems that static electricity can cause in label converting, chief among them are print quality related defects. He says, “Static electricity is prone to result in repulsion or attraction of ink to a substrate’s surface. In the case of repulsion of ink droplets or dots, a printer likely would see ink smears, fuzzy characters or print hickies that negatively impact production of high-quality printed labels.”
When it comes to the label industry’s major trend – digital printing – Clark points out, “Conversely, static electricity attraction effects in digital printing can cause ink to expand out in what should be white space of a label or cause dropout of incorrect colors during printing from the digital printhead. These static issues create unacceptable prints, causing wasted production time, ink and substrates, and considerable labor and re-work costs.”
Clark emphasizes that label converters continue to be laser focused on producing the best products with improved profit margins. “In pursuit of this goal, many savvy printers are looking for next generation static control technologies,” he says. “These automatically adjusting ionizers (static eliminators) have very high capabilities and versatility to match the unique, ever-evolving parameters that today’s leading label converters must have to deliver and meet their customers’ expectations.”
To meet these evolving converter needs, TAKK Industries brought to market its “Adaptive Intelligence” static elimination technology in its X-Series static eliminator models.
“The X-Series raises the bar in providing automated, exceptional static elimination capabilities, continuously adjusts both its static elimination power and ion output to match the exact needs of the application,” Clark explains. “It can be installed at short or exceptionally long distances of 60-plus inches to accommodate changing diameter rolls or challenging space situations. The X-Series technology easily dovetails with today’s leading-edge PLC/HMI interfaces for instant status information about the unit’s operation, in addition to local status indicators on the X-Series Ion bar.”
According to Clark, TAKK Industries’ X-Series Static Control Technology is fast becoming the comprehensive, fool-proof static control solution that meets the demands of label converters. “The X-Series is a new evolution in smart static controls, providing exceptional capabilities such as using Adaptive Intelligence that detects and delivers the exact amount of ionization required, thus maintaining consistent control of static.”
The X-Series models cover a wide range of applications from close range, rapid static elimination with speeds of 4500+ fpm, to compact space situations, to extended range static elimination of 60+ inches.
Questions about the best static solution for your specific application? Contact the TAKK tech team at sales@takk.com or 800-792-8255.