Narrow web cleaner maintenance

Contact web cleaners typically consist of a Contact Cleaning Roll (CCR) to remove contaminants through direct contact with the web, and a consumable adhesive tape roll used to collect contaminants off the CCR for permanent removal.

Many label and narrow web customers run three shift operations, where the web cleaners are in constant use. It is highly beneficial to maintain the contact cleaning rolls, but it usually doesn’t make the top 100 list of tasks for the operator to perform. Because of CCR neglect, web cleaners can lose up to 50 percent efficiency with regard to contaminant removal. The CCR will ‘glaze’ and stick aggressively to the tape causing wraps and a general mess. But it doesn’t have to be this way.