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News Release from: Meech International | Subject: Hand-held shockless ionising airgun
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 July 2005
Hand-held gun neutralises static
electricity
A hand-held shockless ionising airgun solved a static electricity problem at a boatbuilder's paint plant by removing dust and neutralising static electricity.
Buckie Shipyard in Banffshire Scotland is one of the U''s leading small shipyards The company has an extensive track record of working with sophisticated high value vessels and has been a major contractor to The Royal National Lifeboat Institution for over 60 years
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The shipyard carries out repairs on all classes of RNLI vessels and is one of only two yards carrying out refits on 'Severn' Class Lifeboats (17m by 40 tonnes).
"The RNLI, quite rightly, has very exacting standards." explains Bill Carson, chief executive at Buckie Shipyard.
" Here at Buckie, we refurbish the vessels and finish off with a re-spray in our new state- of-the-art painting booth".
"The new painting facility can accommodate vessels 21m long x 10m high x 6m beam with up to 50 tonnes displacement".
"It is temperature and humidity controlled to ensure that all boats leave the yard with a top quality finish." However, there was just one problem that kept getting in the way of completing jobs to the RNLI's demanding standards - static.
The presence of static charge attracts dust resulting in contamination of the surface prior to painting and a poor quality of finish.
Buckie Shipyard turned to Meech International, specialists in static control products, to provide a solution to the static problem.
It was straightforward to rectify.
Meech recommended the use of the Model 954 shockless ionising airgun.
A hand-held instrument for removing dust and neutralising static electricity, the Model 954 it is ergonomic, lightweight and designed for simple, quiet and effective operation.
At Buckie Shipyard, Jim Farquhar saw how the Model 954s could benefit the business.
Four 954 guns were purchased and immediately had a major impact.
Use of the 954 guns dramatically reduced the man-hours required to complete the job, thus ensuring on-time delivery as well as improving quality of finish".
""We are delighted with the results." says Farquhar". Request a free brochure from Meech International ...
" " Introduction of these antistatic measures has made a big difference not just for the work we do for the RNLI but it will also benefit all our customers through the quality of our output.".
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