course_planning:184_projects:s18_project_4

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Adhesive tape is manufactured by repeatedly rolling and unrolling large sheets of plastic, which can cause there to be a charge on the surface of the tape.

You are a group of adhesive engineers at StickyStuff Corporation and unfortunately, there has recently been a dust problem in the manufacturing plant. Dust particles (on average, $charge=0.802*10^{-14} C$, $m=5.5*10^{-8} g$) have been accumulating on the tape as it rolls through the assembly line. You've isolated the problem to a single roller ($\omega=12 \frac{rad}{s}$, $r=25 cm$) on the line. This roller operates at $P=100 W$ for $t=10 s$ at a time. Your team needs to determine where to put a fan and how much force the fan needs to exert on each dust particle, such that the fan blows away any dust that may be attracted to the tape. From your adhesive engineering education, you have access to a table that you think may help.

(There's actually a pretty cool “How it's Made” video here if you have time at the end.)

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