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Start by identifying what the contamination sits on: a continuous web, individual sheets, or a rotating process roll. Polymag Tek builds a separate cleaner for each, and the material format plus where the debris originates decides the category before any other option matters. From there, add static control if your material attracts dust, and confirm whether the unit goes onto new equipment (OEM) or retrofits an existing line. Polymag Tek states its engineering team can specify the system that fits your needs, so a final configuration check with them is the practical last step.
Match the cleaner to the material format
The three core product families map to three physical situations. Use this table as a first filter.
| Your situation | System to look at | What the site says it does |
|---|---|---|
| Contamination on a continuous roll or web surface | Contact Web Cleaners (ContactClean™ web technology) | Machine-mounted; removes contaminants from the web surface; described as reducing downtime and waste while improving productivity and product quality |
| Flat sheets that need surface contamination removed | Sheet Cleaners | Customized solutions that remove surface contamination and transfer it to an adhesive roll for disposal |
| Buildup on a rotating process roll | Process Roll Cleaners | Removes precipitate and particle buildup from a rotating process roll surface; customizable to a variety of manufacturing applications |
Two details in that table are worth pausing on. First, the sheet cleaner's mechanism is transfer to an adhesive roll for disposal — so the consumable roll becomes part of your routine, not just the machine. Second, the process roll cleaner targets buildup on the roll itself, which is a different problem from dust landing on your product. If your defect comes from a dirty roll marking the material, that is the relevant category; if the dust is on the substrate, it is not.
The site also lists a handheld contact cleaning roller and other contact cleaning rolls under "Other Equipment," which matters if you need spot cleaning or a small-area solution rather than an inline system.
Decide whether static control belongs in the same purchase
Dust and debris on film, sheet and web materials often go together with static attraction. Polymag Tek sells static control as a separate line — ionization bars, blowers and workstation solutions — and describes it as supporting industries and products that need static control across critical applications.
The decision rule: if contamination returns quickly after cleaning, or if lightweight dust settles on material that has just been cleaned, plan static control into the same project rather than treating it as a later add-on. If your problem is purely physical debris from slitting or converting, contamination removal alone may be enough. The site presents these as complementary lines serving the same industries, not as one bundled product, so treat them as two decisions.
Choose OEM or after-market retrofit
Polymag Tek states its products are designed for both OEMs and after-market applications to existing equipment. That gives you two paths:
- New line or new machine being specified: raise the cleaning system with the equipment builder so it is designed in as OEM equipment.
- Existing line you are not replacing: the after-market route mounts cleaning technology onto equipment already in service.
Which one applies is usually decided by whether a machine purchase is already underway. If it is, involving the cleaner at specification time avoids fitting it around finished hardware. If not, the retrofit path is the one the company explicitly supports.
Use the engineering team to close the specification
The site is explicit that if you are unsure which technology fits, its engineering team can specify the cleaning system for your needs. That is the right step once you have narrowed the category, because the remaining variables — line speed, material, contamination type, available mounting space — are exactly what a custom design addresses. The company describes each inline and online solution as custom designed, and all equipment as manufactured in the USA.
Prepare three things before that conversation: the material format and substrate, where the contamination originates (web surface, sheet surface, or process roll), and whether static is part of the problem. Those three answers cover the decisions this page can settle; the rest is specification work.
A quick decision sequence
- Is the contamination on a continuous web, on individual sheets, or building up on a process roll? Pick the matching family.
- Does dust return after cleaning or settle on just-cleaned material? Add static control to the scope.
- Is a new machine being purchased? Go OEM; otherwise plan an after-market installation.
- Confirm consumables and replacement parts availability for the chosen unit, since the sheet cleaner depends on adhesive roll transfer and the site lists consumables and support as a standing category.
- Take the narrowed choice to the engineering team for final specification.
The site serves packaging, printing, converting, pharmaceutical, aviation, auto, electronics and film industries and has done so since 1990 — useful context if your process resembles one of those, but the format-and-source questions above are what actually determine the system.