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News Release from: Draabe Humidification | Subject: Turbofog
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 July 2006
Air Humidification Cuts Static
Electricity Problem
Draabe has installed an air humidification system at Battlefield Graphics, a general commercial printer in Burlington, Ontario (Canada).
Draabe has installed an air humidification system at Battlefield Graphics, a general commercial printer in Burlington, Ontario (Canada) The system was installed after the installation of Battlefield's Heidelberg Speedmaster 12-colour perfector sheetfed press
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 16 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Even before installation of the new press, Battlefield Graphics had been researching air humidification and water purification systems because of a problem with static electricity.
Battlefield prints many jobs on plastic through its two six-colour 40" CD presses and operators were always battling static electricity problems when handling the plastic sheets.
Battlefield Graphics chose to install the Draabe Turbofog system throughout its plant, from pre-press to press to bindery.
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The Draabe high-pressure air humidification Turbofog system features a pulsating hydraulic flow and titanium nozzles that atomise the water to a micro-fine aerosol directly in the room.
It is said to be energy efficient, whilst being quiet and drip free.
The air humidity is controlled by a precision hydrostat and the atomization is activated as soon as the air humidity falls below the set optimum value.
Only highly pure, de-mineralised water from a reverse osmosis unit integrated in the Draabe system is used to ensure hygienic and trouble-free operation of the air humidification system.
The pure water produced in the reverse osmosis unit is also used as standardised process water to feed all printing presses at Battlefield, added Draabe.
With the Turbofog system, Battlefield now has a system in place that only incurs a fraction of the energy costs of steam or compressed-air humidification.
In addition, the Turbofog four, eight and 32 atomisers adjust humidification to suit the different requirements in the pressroom and pre-press area.
Jerry Theoret, vice president of Battlefield Graphics, said: "To stay very competitive in the North American market, we have to produce consistent quality, without sacrificing delivery time.
Not only did we have static on press, but our employees in the pre-press department complained of electrostatic charges generated from their computers." Bob Smith, Battlefield's general manager, added: "Operators were getting nose bleeds and dry throats from the static.
Having the Draabe system installed in this department has eliminated all of those ailments and the pre-press department team is ecstatic." Smith continued: "We've been completely satisfied with the unique Draabe full service maintenance concept.
Every six months, Draabe comes to replace the filtration system with a new one and the company has always responded very quickly when we have questions.
I believe the installation of the Draabe system has been very beneficial for us." He explained that he did not think North American printers put enough emphasis on installing a humidification system in their plants but that they should.
With over eighty years of print experience the Theoret family formed the foundation of Battlefield Graphics.
Established in 1964 the company celebrates forty-two years in business.
It has 72 employees.
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