Humidification: More than Just Climate Control

Humidification is more than just a tool to satisfy the printer’s climate requirements. Reducing downtime, enhancing print quality, lowering printer maintenance and costs and providing a comfortable and efficient workspace can all be achieved utilizing the latest Smart Fog (Booth 3299) commercial humidifiers.

Smart Fog builds non-wetting commercial humidifiers made in the United States. Precision, non-fluctuating humidity, low maintenance and easy and low-cost installation are some of the core features. Smart Fog employs the latest in antimicrobial technology, creating a safe and clean environment. Its engineering team provides full design and consulting services to support facilities of all sizes.

A multitude of factors causes downtime in print shops: low humidity levels, paper issues and print head replacements. Printers require a particular humidity level to function properly and produce high-quality prints. Maintaining the correct humidity lengthens the life of the print heads, reduces maintenance costs and drastically improves efficiency. Too much or too little humidity affects the paper because paper is hygroscopic. That means it picks up moisture from its environment and then releases moisture back into the environment to try to reach equilibrium with the moisture in the air. This affects print quality and can cause curls and breaks. Just by properly maintaining the humidity you can reduce web breaks and misregisters and eliminate paper curls and cracking.

An additional issue caused by a low relative humidity level is static. When the relative humidity drops below 35 percent, build up of static is enhanced. The presence of static causes sheets of paper to stick and misfeed on machines. Electro static discharge (ESD) can cause printer malfunction or even significant damage to the equipment.

Smart Fog humidifiers generate fog with intelligent droplets, which completely evaporates into the air without moistening any surface. This technology allows for precise, non-fluctuating control. Fluctuations in humidity cause condensation, which can damage the print or even the printer, and also affects the quality of the paper.

A real problem in the working environment of many printing shops is dust. Smart Fog humidifiers generate micron droplets with strong adhesion, which means it can attract dust particles and pathogens in the air and suppress them to the floor. Clean air in the workspace means less maintenance on the printers and a comfortable working environment.

A comfortable working environment and an efficient process with minimal downtime equates to happy workers, happy machines, higher productivity, green products and lower energy consumption. The latest scientific studies have shown a direct correlation between productivity and the working environment. The comfort of the workplace should be emphasized to improve the health, safety, performance and productivity of the workers. Happy and healthy workers mean less sick days, fewer mistakes and higher productivity. Scientifically-generated capacity calculations mean you will never use more energy than you need.

Smart Fog offers the perfect solution for the printing/paper industry, and non-wetting, clean humidity that is automatically maintained 24/7. Get the solution that allows print shop employees to focus on doing what they do best, rather than constantly worrying about maintaining the humidity system.