Web Cleaners and Sheet Cleaners

Sheet and Web Cleaning for Industrial, Medical, Printing and Converting Industries

C.C.Steven & Associates, 1363 Donlon Street Ventura, CA 93003 since 1978

ph: 805-658-0207 fax: 805-658-2789 static@ccsteven.com

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	Web and Sheet Cleaning Systems The converting and printing of paper, carton board, corrugated board, film, foil, plastics and other materials all have one thing in common ... contaminants that reduce the overall quality of the material and reduce the operating performance of your machinery.

Printing Industry

Profitable quality printing depends in part on clean stock. Even the cleanest of stock carries spray powder, paper dust, lint, loose paper fibers, and paper chips into the press. Roll stock also carries slitter dust, paper lint and loose paper fibers into the printing process as delivered from the manufacturer. As the sheets and webs are fed through the printing stations, all of this particulate is deposited on the blankets and plates. As the particulate accumulates, more frequent wash-ups are required, dramatically reducing production speeds.

Particulates that are not removed from the material or deposited on the blanket become part of the finished product. This particulate leaves residual markings such as hickeys and voids in the printed image.


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	Converting Industry Today’s competitive standards demand that products be completely free of contamination. Slitting, coating and laminating operations are held to higher standards and converters are looking for solutions. The process of converting paper and film generates dust, lint, powder, fuzz, and fibers. This particulate becomes lodged on material surfaces and roll edges and is then transported directly to the customer. Failure to reduce or eliminate the level of material contamination will lead to equipment downtime, increased maintenance, poorer quality product, and dissatisfied customers.

Simco has delivered thousands of cleaning systems to satisfied customers around the world. We offer three products lines, Neutro-Vac and Ion-O-Vac, both of which can remove particulate down to 20-microns in size and newly introduced, a system capable of cleaning down to 1 micron!

Neutro-Vac - Utilizes a low velocity, high volume vacuum system, which makes it ideal for installation over unsupported webs, because the material will not be pulled to the vacuum slot. The systems can be either non-contact (the material being cleaned is not touched by brushes or other mechanical methods) or contact style. Neutro-Vacs combine the power of a compressed air blast, static eliminator and a high output exhaust head to agitate the web, remove the static bond and evacuate the surface particulate.

Ion-O-Vac - Utilizes a high velocity, low volume vacuum system, which makes it ideal for installation over a roller or cylinder, because the material is supported and will withstand aggressive vacuuming. Ion-O-Vac heads are installed so that soft bristle brushes extend to lightly touch the material.

Contact Cleaning Rolls - Contact Cleaning Rolls (CCRs) are polymeric covered rollers which offer an efficient method of web cleaning. As the particles attached to the substrate make physical contact with the CCR, the particles are transferred to the CCR surface. With a nip style arrangement, the CCR also squeezes out the boundary layer air attached to the substrate surface. As a result, it is possible to achieve high efficiency cleaning (96%+) of small particles (<20micron) at higher web speeds.

Which one is right for you? Follow this flow chart by clicking on your answers:

I process sheets of material
I process webs of material up to 18” in width
I process webs of material wider than 18” in width

My sheets are fed through a printing press

My sheets are fed through another piece of equipment, not a printing press

Partial List of Designs Available to Meet Customer Requirements

SHEET-FED PRESSES

* Aurelia
* Harris
* Heidelberg
* KBA Planeta
* Komori
* Man Roland
* Miehle
* Mitsubishi
* Nebiolo
* Omni Adast
* Polly
* Sakurai

If you prefer your material is not touched in the cleaning process, call 805-658-0207 for us to design a system for you.

It is acceptable for my material to be touched during the cleaning process

I would like my material cleaned down to 5 micron

20 micron cleaning is acceptable

What is a micron? One-thousandth of a millimeter! Here are some familiar items and their average size in microns:

Bacteria 2 microns
Dental Powder 10 microns
Scouring Powder 25 microns ( smallest seen by the naked eye! )
Human Hair 70 microns
Grain of Salt 100 microns

I prefer my material is not touched in the cleaning process

It is acceptable for my material to be touched during the cleaning process

I would like my material cleaned down to 5 micron and below

20 micron cleaning is acceptable

I prefer my material is not touched in the cleaning process

It is acceptable for my material to be touched during the cleaning process

I would like my material cleaned down to 5 micron and below and my web speed is <500fpm

20 micron cleaning is acceptable

Partial List of Designs Available to Meet Customer Requirements
WEB PRESSES
* Allied Gear
* Aqua Flex
* Arpeco
* Chestnut
* Comco
* Didde
* Gallus
* Hantscho
* Inter Roto
* Mark Andy
* Miyakoshi
* Nilpeter
* Propheteer
* Roto Flex
* Roto Press
* Sanden
* Stevens Web Press (Zerand or Hamilton)
* Webtron

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