With most companies pressured by global competition, effective ESD control can be a key to improving productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. It is a pity that many companies buy ESD protective products or equipment and then misuse them, often causing more harm than good. Learn more
The 37th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium and Exhibits will be held at the Peppermill Resort Hotel, Reno, Nevada. Desco has been a part of the ESD Symposium for nearly 30 years. Desco employees have volunteered their time to be a part of the ESD Association’s standards meetings, working groups, and other functions at the annual symposium.…
Paul McNamara’s recent post titled ‘The Shocking Truth (and Lies) about ESD” on the Network World‘s documents some stories of damage caused by ESD. One notes: I once zapped my home’s thermostat when I was attempting to change the temperature setting. The LCD went blank and refused to come back on. I ended up replacing the…
Relative humidity (RH) directly affects the ability of a surface to store an electrostatic charge. As RH increase, the time a surface will hold a charge will decrease and the dissipation rate will increase. As the RH increases, so does the natural conductivity of the air, but even at 100% RH the increase in the…
The ESD Association provided a recent article for Printed Circuit Design and FAB called titled “The Simple Solution”. To read the entire article, click HERE. The article is a good discussion regarding the importance of measuring in ESD Control situations. Any good ESD Control Plan requires different measuring devices to determine the need for and effectiveness…
ANSI/ESD S20.20 has three garment categories with the following names and required limits: Category 1 – Static Control Garment < 1 x 1011 ohms Category 2 – Groundable Static Control Garment < 1 x 109 ohms Category 3 – Groundable Static Control Garment System < 3.5 x 107 ohms The primary purpose of a smock…
…with Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Follow Live Dec 24: Los Alamos National Lab Tracks Rudolph’s Nose, Santa’s Sleigh