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News Release from: Meech International | Subject: 976Ex and 915Ex
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 August 2005
Static Eliminators Good For Hazardous
Print Areas
The new 976Ex and 915Ex Meech static elimination systems are certified by Baseefa to comply with Article 9 of the Council Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX) for use in hazardous areas.
The new 976Ex and 915Ex static electricity elimination systems from Meech are claimed to be advances on existing Meech products and are certified by Baseefa to comply with Article 9 of the Council Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX) for use in hazardous areas They are said to be particularly suitable for coating, laminating, finishing and gravure printing applications, where the highest safety standards are mandatory
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 19 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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According to Meech, the Model 915Ex AC system provides the same level of performance long associated with the 915 AC bar, whilst the Model 976Ex Pulsed DC Bar provides highly effective long range ionisation up to distances of 600mm.
Meech will also be contributing to the ICE Technical Congress by presenting a paper entitled 'Web Cleaning and Static Control Issues in Self Adhesive Tape Manufacture'.
During his presentation, Alan Chadwick, the business development manager at Meech, will consider web contamination and static charge issues arising in each of the major process stages of self adhesive tape manufacture (such as making stock material, coating and converting).
In particular, it will highlight the problems that contamination and uncontrolled static charges can cause, the solutions that are currently available and the benefits that will accrue from implementation of them.
Other products from Meech include the Meech 915 Shockless AC bar and 976 Long Range DC bar, ionising air blowers, ionising air curtains, guns and nozzles. Request a free brochure from Meech International ...
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