Stanley Weitz

Although it can't be eliminated, static charge build-up can be monitored, neutralized and otherwise controlled. By Stanley Weitz, President, Electro-Tech Systems Inc. Each of the vast number of substrates used in today's package printing and converting applications possesses the ability to produce static electricity when brought in contact with the very equipment used to convert it, making it extremely difficult to support increased printing speeds without sacrificing yields. Cause and effect Static electricity is caused by unbalanced molecules. Generally, static electricity occurs at a point where two surfaces touch each other or are separated from one another, throwing molecules out of their natural balance.