Static Electricity is an electric charge that has built up on insulators as a result of a Tribocharging process. Tribocharging is an electrification process that enables buildup of static electricity due to rubbing or separating on the surfaces of insulators.
 
When materials are charged in this process, they can create a dangerous spark or attract particles from the environment to the charged material. Hence, ionizers and particle capturing systems are needed to provide workplace safety or assist in keeping products clean.
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The best countermeasure to eliminate static electricity is ionization, which is the process in which millions of negative and positive ions are created to neutralize the static field. In certain settings, eliminating or reducing static electricity is all that is required. However, in places such as cleanrooms, the process of ionization may remove particulate contamination from the product or process. In order to prevent these particulates from re-contaminating the process or other product, it is critical that a method to capture the particulates is used.
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CCS offers ionization and source capture solutions through Static Clean International. These solutions include static bars, fans, blowers, guns, cleaning stations, and particle capture devices.