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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Originally Published by InCompliance Magazine- September 2012 Now is the Time for ESD Control Programs to be Improved “Factory ESD control is expected to play an ever-increasing critical role as the industry is flooded with even more HBM (Human Body Model) and CDM (Charged Device Model) sensitive designs.” By Fred Tenzer and Gene Felder ElectroStatic Discharge…
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Written by: Gene Felder, Corporate Product Manager What is the ESD control requirements for battery and pneumatic powered hand tools? From ESD Handbook ESD TR20.20 section 5.5.2.2 “Battery powered and pneumatic hand tools while being held should have a resistance to ground of less than 1 x 10E12 ohms.” If tool’s housing is conductive or…
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ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) is the hidden enemy within your factory. You cannot feel or see most ESD events but they can cause electronic components to fail or cause mysterious and annoying problems. There are two types of ESD damage: 1) Catastrophic failures, and 2) Latent defects. By definition, normal quality control inspections are able to…