Category: Static Elimination

Video Blog: EXAIR’s brand new Static Eliminator will blow your socks off!

Published on by Jordan T ShouseLeave a comment

I just wrote a blog about the release of our new 8600 Bench top Ionizer. You can read it here! I wanted to follow that blog up with a video showing the product in action and what comes in the box!

The EXAIR Varistat Bench top Ionizer is a blower-style static eliminator that is specifically designed to eliminate static charges on surfaces in demanding industrial settings where static can be a problem. By utilizing ionizing technology, the Varistat produces a continuous flow of ion-balancing airflow to keep products free from static and particles. It operates hands-free and does not require compressed air. The Varistat can be manually adjusted to provide complete static elimination coverage for workbenches, part assembly, web cleaning, and more. It can be easily mounted on equipment or placed on workbenches to ensure consistent static neutralization. With its impressive efficiency, the Varistat Ionizer can reduce 1000 volts to 100 volts in just 0.8 seconds, effectively removing surface static from a distance. It is designed to fit various industrial applications and unique processes, offering customizable options such as an adjustable stand for mounting, selectable voltage, variable fan speed, and adjustable polarity.

If you have an application you think the 8600 Bench top Ionizer can help, give us a call! We have a team of Application Engineers on the ready to help select a product for your application! EXAIR is still shipping orders out on the same day. If you need a solution, and you need it fast, give us a call.

Jordan Shouse
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Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife Overview

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Static charge is an unavoidable “by-product” of just about any operation that involves the moving of, and/or the contact & separation of, non-conductive materials. This charge is caused by a physical phenomenon known as the triboelectric effect, by which the surface of a non-conductive material becomes electrically charged by coming into contact with another non-conductive material’s surface. Some materials tend to generate a more positive charge, meaning their molecules are prone to losing electrons to the molecules on the other surface, while others tend to generate a more negative charge – meaning their molecules are prone to gaining electrons from the other surface. These are the materials found at either end of a triboelectric series chart, like this one:

Wherever a non-conductive material is located in the triboelectric series, the solution to removing the static charge is to provide an ample supply of ions (either positively or negatively charged) to attract – or offer – electrons to neutralize that charge. And that’s exactly what EXAIR Gen4 Static Eliminator Products, like the Super Ion Air Knife, do.

Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife Kits come with a 2-Outlet Power Supply, Shim Set, Filter Separator, and Pressure Regulator.

EXAIR Gen4 Super Ion Air Knives generate a laminar, controllable curtain of ionized air, and come in lengths from 3 inches to 9 feet. Like any of our Air Knife products, they can be easily installed & positioned with our Universal Air Knife Mounting Systems. Plumbing Kits, simplifying the supply of compressed air and are especially beneficial with longer lengths. They’re capable of dissipating a 5kV static charge in as little as 0.18 seconds, so they’re ideal for fast moving sheets & films. The armored & shielded high voltage cable resists cuts and abrasion.

The constant motion of these plastic jugs on the conveyor (left,) generated (and multiplied) a static charge so great, it resulted in adhesive labels folding or wrinkling while being applied. A pair of EXAIR Super Ion Air Knives (right) solved the problem.

If you have compressed air, and problems with static, the EXAIR Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife could very well be the solution you’re looking for. Depending on the size and shape of the ionized air flow required, we may also consider a Super Ion Air Wipe, Ion Air Cannon, Ion Air Jet, or if a handheld solution is desired, an Ion Air Gun. If you’d like to discuss your issues with static charge, give me a call.

Russ Bowman, CCASS

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NEW PRODUCT: EXAIR’S Varistat Benchtop Ionizer!

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The EXAIR Varistat Bench top Ionizer is a blower style static eliminator designed to neutralize static charges on surfaces in demanding industrial settings where static can become troublesome. While the visual design is similar to the Intellistat Ion air nozzle and Ion Air Gun, the Varistat is a Blower driven product, so it eliminates the need for compressed air! 

With the help of ionizing technology, the Varistat supplies a constant stream of ion-balancing airflow to keep products static-free and particulate-free with hands-free operation and without the need of compressed air. Manually adjustable, the Varistat provides full coverage static elimination for workbenches, part assembly, web cleaning and more. The Varistat can be easily mounted on equipment or placed on workbenches to assist with consistent static neutralization. Capable of reducing 1000 volts to 100 volts in 0.8 seconds, the Varistat Ionizer removes surface static at a distance with incredible efficiency. The Varistat is engineered to fit various industrial applications and unique processes by offering customizable options such as an adjustable stand for mounting, select-able voltage, variable fan speed and adjustable polarity.

8600 Varistat Benchtop Ionizer Size

If you have an application you think the 8600 Benchtop Ionizer can help, give us a call! We have a team of application engineers on the ready to help select a product for your application! EXAIR is still shipping orders out on the same day. If you need a solution, and you need it fast, give us a call.

Jordan Shouse
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Freebies! EXAIR AC Sensor Pens Are IN!

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Here at EXAIR we always have a promotion going. This time of the year, static electricity is running rampant. I know over the weekend at my youngest daughter’s basketball game, I wished I had a Gen4 Ionizing Bar to knock down the static on the dry-fit coaching shirt I had clinging all over myself. Then, oddly enough, I found myself later in the day needing my A/C Sensor pen to check whether an outlet had voltage coming into it because I was going to change the circuit it was operating on.

If your facility has dry ambient conditions right now in these winter months, and you are starting to struggle with sheets clinging together, packaging material clinging to products, or operators complaining of nuisance shocks from aspects of their daily tasks, we have a product that can help. Best of all, we have a promotion to deliver a FREE A/C Sensor pen with any EXAIR Static Eliminator purchase.

Whether you need a fixed solution like the Gen4 Super Ion Air Knife, Intellistat Ion Air Nozzle, or Gen4 Ion Air Cannon, maybe you need something that can travel from one workstation to another or is handheld like our Gen4 Ion Air Gun Kit, or the Intellistat Ion Air Gun. Maybe you don’t have compressed air available, like I didn’t at the basketball court. As long as you have access to a standard 120 VAC 3 prong US plug or 230 VAC, then you can use one of the Gen4 Ionizing Points, a Gen4 Ionizing Bar, or even the Varistat Bench top Ionizer. See the page at the link below for all the offerings and make sure you use the promotional part numbers to get the free A/C Sensor pen which can be used for electrical troubleshooting for free!

If you aren’t sure which static eliminator is going to be the best fit for your current application, that is what I and the entire Application Engineer team are here for. We all have knowledge and experience with the products and a large variety of backgrounds so that we can help determine the best path forward for you and your team, so contact one of us today.

Brian Farno
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