ESD and Static Control, Protection, Supplies and Products

A New Concept in ESD Control: Making Proper Grounding a Requirement for Workstation Access

Desco October 23, 2026 0

Continuous wrist strap monitoring has long been an important part of electronics assembly and ESD-protected workstations. Traditionally, monitors verify an operator’s grounding connection and alert them when conditions fall outside acceptable limits. But what if an ESD monitor could do more than sound an alarm? What if it could control power to workstation equipment based…

Access Control and ESD Control

Desco April 23, 2020 0

One of the tenants of a ESD Control Plan is controlling access to the ESD Protected Area. This is commonly accomplished by defining an area of a facility as the ESD Protected Area by taping off sections of the floor and placing signs to indicate that proper ESD control practices should be followed once an…