STATIC aPPLICATIONS | CONVERTING Application
Wicketting Machine Application Sheet

During the manufacturing process, large static charges build up. These are not a factor as the bags are under tension from either the machine or the grippers after cutting. When the arms rotate with the finished bag, they are dropped onto prongs for stacking; this is where the static charges do cause a problem. The high levels of static on the finished bags will not allow them to stack correctly as they try to repel from each other (All the bags will have the same polarity of charge).

        By positioning two PULSElectronic Pulse DC bars with Air boost across the top of the rotating arms, you will create an ionised field that the bags will travel through. As the bags enter the field, they neutralise and then will correctly stack on the collection prongs.