shocking lamination

[Zambookajoe]

Ive been getting static shocks off my seal laminator, when Im laminating prints its fine but any substrates, dibond, coroplast,mdo whatever

yesterday I was mounting prints to coroplast and I was gonna cut excess coro so I grabbed a steel ruler WACKKKK!!! ouch!! thta one almost made my heart stop

anybody got something special to stop this,

 

[wildside]

ground the machine first

get it off carpet second if it is

third never lean with the groin at any given time

 

[CS-SignSupply]

Anti-Static String might help, link

Run a string of this stuff so the substrate slides over it

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

third never lean with the groin at any given time

Been there, Done that, NOT fun!!!

 

[Sticky Signs]

Don't you just love how the feed table is crotch height?
I used to run an 80" seal laminator. That thing would actually shoot out these blue comets of static electricity. My favorite thing to do is ask a new guy for a hand. "hey new, can you hold this right here?" ZAPPO!