Enercon’s Focus on Quality Control Emphasizes Operator Education & Training
- Published: June 25, 2025
When does leading technology, high quality materials, and an optimized process fail? They fail when companies skimp on properly training their employees. Enercon takes its responsibility to ensure its customers have access to the best training resources and programs in the industry. This is why Enercon offers free webinars, how-to technical guides, a dedicated support website, and has invested in its new corporate headquarters equipped with advanced training capabilities. In this article, we’ll cover some of the most critical areas operators need to be familiar with to maintain quality control throughout the corona treating process.
- Understanding What a Corona Treater Actually Does
Corona treaters ionize air in between a 1/8” air gap between two dielectrics. When films pass through the zone of ionized air, the corona treatment increases the substrate’s surface energy which promotes its ability to bond with inks, coatings and adhesives. Learn more here.
- What Is the Proper Way to Conduct a Dyne Test to Measure Surface Energy?
Most operations use dyne level testing to measure changes in surface energy after corona treatment. Two important things to remember are to ensure consistency when conducting dyne tests, and that reaching a desired dyne level does NOT guarantee adhesion. Dyne test results are subject to interpretation by the operator conducting the test. Learn more about best practices for dyne testing here.
- Best Practices for Web Handling
When it comes to corona treating, the importance of web handling is often overlooked. Yet, ensuring substrates are properly presented to the corona treater is critical for corona treating success. Film scratching, stretching and static build-up are issues that can arise from improper web handling. Additionally, backside treatment, under-treatment and inconsistent treatment can be caused by poor web handling. Learn how to ensure proper web handling here.
- Symptoms of a Corona Treater in Need of Maintenance
If your operators are trained to know what to look for when working with a corona treater, they can spot problems before they happen. For example, dirt and grime build-up on a ground roll can lead to high voltage arcing or backside treatment. If your ceramic electrodes are failing, there is a good chance they are overheating because there is an issue with the system’s exhaust airflow. It could stem from lack of maintenance of the electrode assembly or be an issue with the exhaust path or blower. Learn more.
- What Do You Do When You Get the Results You Don’t Expect?
If you are running an application that you have had success with before and are seeing results you did not expect, ask this important question: “What’s changed?” Is the power setting and line speed the same as it was the last time you ran the job? Is the film the same? If the problem is with the dyne level, try running the job at half speed. If this improves the dyne level, it’s likely there is something different with the film. Learn how to troubleshoot corona treating issues here.
Next Steps
The information provided above will help get you started with ensuring your employees are properly educated on corona treating best practices to guarantee quality control; but we know sometimes you need a little more help. If you have any questions, even if you’re not an Enercon customer, give our experts a call. We’re passionate about corona treating and are happy to help you. And, if you are interested in customized training programs, call us to see if a virtual or in-person session at your facility or ours will be the most benefit to you.
