Film Dictionary
- Acetate films
- Acrylic pretreatment
- AEO certificate
- Antistatic films
- Bio-based films
- Calibrate
- Cellophane films
- Compostability of films
- Corona pretreatment
- DI acetate films
- Digital transfer printing
- DYE inks
- Ink fountain films for Heidelberg presses
- Ink fountain films for König und Bauer presses
- Inkjet
- Liquid toner
- Mirror films
- Ökotex
- PA / Polyamide
- pick and place
- Pigment inks
- PLA / Polylactic acid, Polyactide
- Polycarbonate / PC
- Polyethylene / PE
- Polyethylenterephalat (PET)
- PP / Polypropylene
- PS / Polystyrene
- PU pretreatment
- RFID
- Screen printing
- Solid inks
- Surface tension
- Syntheticpaper
- TCA pretreatment
- Transfer films
- Visible window backsplash
- Window film
Antistatic films
Antistatic films are films that no longer become statically charged. Most films on the market have a conductive layer through which electrical charge can flow away.
Friction creates electrostatic voltage that is difficult to discharge via the humidity in dry air (in winter).
In summer, when the air is more humid at higher temperatures, the voltage can be discharged more easily through this more conductive air. For this reason, antistatic films usually have a hygroscopic surface coating that attracts atmospheric moisture in order to discharge the voltage via this moist film.
Films with a surface resistance of < 10 to the power of 11 Ω (Ohm) are called antistatic.
