ESD Sensitive Items

Managing Your ESD Control Program

Desco May 22, 2013 0

A good article was published on the Circuits Assembly website recently. The article was written by the ESD Association and is titled Managing Your ESD Program. The article discusses the challenges manufactures face in designing and maintaining an ESD control program for their operations. The article goes on to breakdown managing an ESD program in…

Five in Five – Proper ESD Shielding Bag Use

Desco November 10, 2011 0

What Not to Do with an ESD Shielding Bag Replacement circuit boards or other ESD sensitive items should be handled by the grounded operator or be on a grounded mat. Since the ESD sensitive item comes packaged in an ESD (metal-in or metal-out) shielding bags, many people believe they should continue to use the bag.…