The EOS/ESD Association offers a variety of videos to better understand EOS and ESD control. Topics include Electrostatic (ESD) Discharge, How to Measure Gloves, Measuring Flooring Resistance – Product Qualification & Compliance Verification, Voltage Suppression, Static Induction and more. Click HERE to view all the videos.
Stop by the Desco Industries Inc booth to see a demo of the SmartLog Pro®. The SmartLog Pro® verifies the functionality of an operator’s wrist strap and footwear, logs the test results, and controls access to an ESD Protected Area. All operator test activity is logged into a database to meet the ANSI/ESD S20.20 requirement for “Compliance…
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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…
February 26-27, 2014 EOS/ESD Association Inc. 7900 Turin Rd. Bld 3 Rome NY 13440 ESD Basics for the Program Manager How To’s of In-Plant ESD Survey and Evaluation Measurements Make sure you have people with the right knowledge to maintain your ESD control program at the highest level. Learn from top industry professionals. ESDA Certification…
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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…
Desco has long been a supporter of the ESD Association and we have always encouraged our customers to purchase copies of standards and other documents published by the organization ANSI/ESD S20.20 (which is also available for free from the ESDA) specifies that compliance verification testing be per ESD TR53. This is the spec that companies should…
Read more Get a Complimentary Copy of the ESDA’s Compliance Verification ESD TR53