51 November / December 2024 - Issue 351 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk shall-George explains the company has been supporting the humidity control requirement of printers across the UK for over 30 years. What has made the provider so successful (with its clients including Heidelberg and HP) is being able to provide expert application advice, alongside a comprehensive range of humidifiers. “Being the manufacturer, and not just a distributor, allows Condair to perfectly tailor a humidification system to the needs of a client, and deliver the manufacturer’s engineering knowledge on-site,” Marshall-George says. He offers the example of working in smaller rooms with a digital print machine, with these environments often only needing a wall-mounted steam humidifier with a fan unit, such as the Condair EL. These humidifiers can provide from just a few kilos of steam per hour to around 40kg. Other steam humidifiers include the and production losses. “The impact on profitability from issues such as these, isn’t always easy to quantify,” he explains, adding: “A drop in product quality can result in a reduction in client confidence leading to lost projects. Clients don’t always highlight dissatisfaction or inform a supplier they are buying from elsewhere, so maintaining the highest quality production is always important. “Being able to control humidity in a print hall avoids these issues and ensures successful print production is not subject to the weather.” As to how Condair can help, MarCondair RS, which incorporates a scale collection tank that can be routinely emptied by on-site personnel, thus extending the periods between necessary maintenance visits. Larger print rooms, Marshall-George says, often benefit from spray humidifiers, as they not only provide humidity control but also free evaporative cooling, which can be advantageous, given the waste heat generated by print machines. Condair manufactures both high pressure and compressed air and water spray models and can provide detailed analysis on the level of cooling that can be achieved. Finally, many older industrial buildings used by printers often suffer from poor ventilation, which can lead to excess air humidity causing condensation and mould on the building fabric, and excessive water absorption by the paper. Alongside humidifiers, Condair offers a A humidifier turns liquid water into a gas in order to raise the air’s relative humidity to a desired level. To do this the humidifier will either boil water to create steam or evaporate cold water into the air by turning it into an aerosol or directly evaporating it from a wet surface – Condair Factoid HUMIDIFICATION SOLUTIONS ◄ The Condair RS is a steam humidifier that incorporates a scale collection tank that can be routinely emptied by on-site personnel The ideal humidity for printing and packaging is between 50-60%RH Condair EL humidifiers can provide up to 40kg of steam per hour 40
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