| Industry |
Purpose |
Eliminated
Problems and Effects |
| Printing |
Safety
Measures
(Gravure Printing) |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition. Printing speed
increased by 10%. Ignition causes line-down in
minimum 2 days further leading to delivery delay. |
• |
Relief from the task of maintenance of electrostatic
removal apparatus with cost saving of JPY 1 million
a year. |
 |
Investment in the
humidification system enabling ESD control could
be paid-back in 2 years. |
|
Productivity
Improvement
(Offset Printing) |
• |
Paper jam. Machine speed increased by 20%. |
• |
Disordered print stack at outlet. Productivity
increased by 10%. |
|
Investment paid-back
in 1.5 years with these improved productivity
and reduction of overtime pay. |
|
Quality
Improvement
(Gravure and Screen Printing) |
• |
Quality stabilized after elimination of such
problems as whiskers, dust adhesion to film and
sheet. Reduced leadtime to activate the sales
activity. |
|
Investment paid-back
in 1.5 years. |
|
| Semiconductors
and LCDs |
Prevention
of ESD destruction and particle adhesion |
• |
ESD destruction of IC chip in testing process
increased in accordance with advanced integration.
Failure rate drastically decreased after installation
of Dry Fog humidification. |
• |
Circuit destruction caused by particle adhesion
in assembly process. Failure rate drastically
decreased. |
• |
Failures derived from particle adhesion in LCD
panel assembly process. |
|
Investment in the
humidification system enabling ESD control could
be paid-back in 1 year. |
|
| Plastics |
Safety
Measures |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition in such processes
as foaming, cutting after casting, film processing,
printing. Ignition causes line-down in minimum
2 days further leading to delivery delay. |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition in the process
where solvent like adhesive is applied. The coating
machine speeded up by over 10%. |
|
Investment paid-back
in 2 years. |
|
| Chemical |
Safety
Measures |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition in the process
of ink and paint preparation. |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition around the
activation kiln and the mixer. |
• |
Relief from the risk of ignition in the process
of pigment and paint filling. |
|
Ignition by electrostatic
causes fatal damage and loss of social credibility. |
|
| Painting |
Productivity
Improvement |
• |
Elimination of dust adhesion in coating process
improved the productivity by 10%. |
|
Investment paid-back
in 2 years with the improved productivity. |
|
| Quality
Improvement |
• |
Painting quality improved by 20% reduction of
dust adhesion related failures. |
|
Investment paid-back
in 2 years. |
|
| Textile |
Productivity
Improvement |
• |
Productivity improved by elimination of thread
breakage |
|
