ESD footwear is vital in ESD Protected Areas (EPAs) as it provides grounding and dissipates static electricity, preventing damage to electronics. Compliance requires meeting strict standards, including daily testing of footwear. Using proper ESD testing equipment ensures safety and minimizes electrostatic risks, essential for protecting sensitive components and ensuring operational success.
The newest version of the Desco Dual Operator Monitor is now available. The new monitor features: an improved operator alarm, new park delay timer, integrated visual status display, a mat monitor disable switch, audio, alarm adjustment, and it is compatible with the power control relay. The Dual Operator Continuous Monitor is designed with Wave Distortion…
Grounding operators that handle ESD susceptible devices is one of the requirements for an ESD Control Plan. In fact, it is the basis of the ESD Association’s ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014 Standard. Grounding the body and maintaining maximum resistance to ground (Rtg) of less than 35 megohms prevents the operator from generating more than 100 volts. The…
Answer: A wrist strap contains: one 4mm female snap on the coil cord, one standard banana plug on the coil cord and one 4mm male snap on the wrist band. . The standard banana plug on the coil cord and the 4mm male snap on the wrist band are made with a Brown & Sharpe…
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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…
The ESD Association‘s Resistance-to-Ground (Rtg) requirement for an operator wearing a wrist strap is < 3.5 X 107 ohms (ANSI/ESD S20.20). A wireless wrist strap will never meet this requirement. Wireless wrist straps claim to work by “making (a) body’s static electricity to discharge through discharge box.” Assuming that an operator was tribocharged to 10…
Desco has several manufacturing locations throughout the United States, with each location dedicated to specific manufacturing functions. Our Miami, FL location is the heart of our sewing operation in the United States. Here is some of what we made this past week! Smocks Workstation Covers Field Service Kits Foot Grounders See our manufacturing location in…
Setting up a new ESD Protected Area (EPA) can be a little daunting, especially if you are unfamiliar or relatively new to the concept of ESD Control. It would be nice to have a blue print for establishing an EPA, but in truth there is no exact formula as everyone’s situation is different. However, there…
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Each component in an ESD protected area (EPA) plays a vital part in the fight against electrostatic discharge (ESD). If just one component is not performing correctly, you could harm your ESD sensitive devices, potentially costing your company a lot of money. The problem with many ESD protective products is that you can’t always see…