Extrusion drying to print

PROBLEM

Extruded plastics are often cooled in a water bath. This requires drying. During drying and conveying static charges can rebuild on the surface of the extrusion. Inkjet printing on to statically charged extruded plastics or insulated wire can affect print quality, by repelling ink back on to the print head, produce unreadable print and static discharges to the print head can damage the printer. 

SOLUTION

After drying and before printing positioning a Hyperion bar beside the extrusion path remove the static charges allowing the ink to adhere to the product.