We work primarily with 3mm Palight Premium foamed PVC, masked on one side. We're accustomed to the static discharge when removing the mask. Our static bar on the printer, blowing some compressed air over it, and Louisiana humidity, eliminate any printing issues with static.
Our problems are more about material handling.
We buy the material in pallet quantities, as we've found as we get to towards the bottom of the pallet, the static buildup on sheets gets progressively worse. By the time we reach the last 20 or so sheets, we're going to get shocked pretty intensely after picking up a sheet . By the last 5, it's a torturous game.
The material is sitting on a wood pallet, i suppose with no way for the static charge to go, and -- just guessing here -- as we remove each sheet the friction increases static on what's left.
I tried putting a metallic garland under/around the bottom sheets, and even connected the garland with copper wire to a metal door frame nearby (perhaps I need to connect to an outlet ground). This seems to have helped somewhat, but certainly has not eliminated the problem.
I see lots of options for static -- cords, copper garlands, ionizer guns, ESD matts, boot straps, gloves, etc. Most seemed to be geared towards the machining or printing process. I'm just trying to get it off the pallet where it sits. Hoping somebody can tell me what works!
Our problems are more about material handling.
We buy the material in pallet quantities, as we've found as we get to towards the bottom of the pallet, the static buildup on sheets gets progressively worse. By the time we reach the last 20 or so sheets, we're going to get shocked pretty intensely after picking up a sheet . By the last 5, it's a torturous game.
The material is sitting on a wood pallet, i suppose with no way for the static charge to go, and -- just guessing here -- as we remove each sheet the friction increases static on what's left.
I tried putting a metallic garland under/around the bottom sheets, and even connected the garland with copper wire to a metal door frame nearby (perhaps I need to connect to an outlet ground). This seems to have helped somewhat, but certainly has not eliminated the problem.
I see lots of options for static -- cords, copper garlands, ionizer guns, ESD matts, boot straps, gloves, etc. Most seemed to be geared towards the machining or printing process. I'm just trying to get it off the pallet where it sits. Hoping somebody can tell me what works!
