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Press Release: New Varistat Benchtop Ionizer

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At EXAIR, when something notable happens, our Marketing folks like to make a big splash for our customers with a Press Release. The latest one is all about one of the latest additions to our Static Eliminators Product Line: the Varistat Benchtop Ionizer.

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Common topics of Press Releases include the introduction of a new product (like our 1/2 NPT Hollow Cone Liquid Nozzles for Cooling and Washing), the release of new media (like our New Air Atomizing Spray Nozzle Video), expanded certification of existing products (like the Upgraded Certification for our NEMA 4 Cabinet Cooler products), or when someone achieves a major industry-related accreditation (like when I got my Certified Compressed Air Systems Specialist certificate from the Compressed Air & Gas Institute). The Varistat is a similarly big deal, for some unique reasons:

  • It’s our first air blowing product that’s NOT compressed air operated. We do still take pride in being THE industry experts for quiet, safe, and efficient compressed air products, but with a couple of decades worth of expertise in static elimination, the Varistat rounds out our comprehensive line of Static Eliminators.
  • It’s also our first Static Eliminator with the ability to balance the polarity of ionization of the air flow. That means you can get more positive ions (and fewer negative ions), or more negative ions (and fewer positive ions). This is done by pressing the “+” or “-” polarity buttons on the top:
Blue lights to either side indicate the relative concentration of positive or negative ions generated. If none of the blue lights are lit (the green light simply indicates the unit is on), then a high concentration of both positive and negative ions is being generated.

Simple setup, simple operation…what more could you ask for? If you’d like to find out more about the Varistat Benchtop Ionizer – or any of our Static Eliminator Products – give me a call.

Russ Bowman, CCASS

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Varistat Benchtop Ionizer Solves Static Cling Problem With Tape Backing Strips

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Technicians at an automotive manufacturing plant apply pieces of adhesive tape to parts. They cut the tape to length, remove the plastic backing strip, and stick the tape in place. Due to the static charge on the backing strip, it would stick to their hands when they tried to drop it in the trash can at their work station.

They purchased & installed an EXAIR Model 8600 Varistat Benchtop Ionizer above the trash can. As they peeled the backing strip off the tape, the constant stream of ionized air dissipated the static charge, allowing the strips to simply fall into the receptacle.

Lightweight and compact, the Varistat Benchtop Ionizer isn’t limited to benchtop installations.

Before installing the Varistat Benchtop Ionizer, the strips would also cling to the plastic liner in the trash can. Because the static charge has been removed, the strips don’t cling to the sides anymore, so when the liner bag is full, it’s easy to pull it out, tie it up, and not drop any strips that used to cling to the top of the bag.

The Varistat incorporates EXAIR ionization technology to supply a stream of ion-balancing airflow to remove static charge and blow away the particulate that the static charge was holding on the surface, with hands-free operation and without the need for compressed air. The Varistat is manually adjustable and provides full coverage static elimination for workbenches, parts assembly stations, web cleaning…anywhere that point of use static elimination is needed. It can reduce a 1,000V static charge to just 100V in 0.8 seconds, and is engineered to fit various industrial applications & unique processes with user-friendly features like an adjustable stand, selectable input voltage (120-240VAC), a variable speed fan, replaceable foam intake filters, and adjustable polarity for ionization balance (+/-100V, manually adjustable to <10V).

If you’d like to find out more about the Varistat Benchtop Ionizer – or any of our Static Eliminator Products – give me a call.

Russ Bowman, CCASS

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