Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 27 12:21:18 EDT 2012 | tpatrickwalsh
I am posting this here because I think it may have something to do with PCBA: I have a simple battery-powered consumer product (LED light) that we have been manufacturing for some time. All of a sudden in one batch, we have about a 4% rate of a sing
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 15:13:56 EDT 2002 | dougt
I worked for a place that built flight boxes for the military and some comercial. As Russ stated, wrist straps were used where they could be used. In areas where they were in the way, i.e. room where they masked and sprayed the boards, they had the
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 04 06:58:59 EDT 1999 | S. Kopetzky
| | | ok, ok, so I'm not an engineer. I'm a salesguy ( and that's nothing to be ashamed of...) Here's my dilemma. I represent a contract manufacturer who is in the early stages of quoting on "turnkey" assembling of a circuit board for a manufactu
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 01 06:29:59 EDT 2009 | rway
You are correct. The resistors are for personal safety. However, I don't think that bench top or floor mats require a 1MO current-limiting resistor. This would be necessary if a wrist strap was being used. The mats we use do have a 1MO resistor o
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 12:37:16 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | ok, ok, so I'm not an engineer. I'm a salesguy ( and that's nothing to be ashamed of...) Here's my dilemma. I represent a contract manufacturer who is in the early stages of quoting on "turnkey" assembling of a circuit board for a manufacture
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 30 13:02:37 EDT 2012 | rway
This may have been asked, but what ESD protection does your facility already have? With proper techniques and equipment, this should be a non-issue. As long as folks aren't using the pcb's to comb through their hair, you don't have to worry about i
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 02 15:54:26 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| ok, ok, so I'm not an engineer. I'm a salesguy ( and that's nothing to be ashamed of...) Here's my dilemma. I represent a contract manufacturer who is in the early stages of quoting on "turnkey" assembling of a circuit board for a manufacturer
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 24 13:19:33 EST 2006 | Chunks
Just have everyone where a smock. Seems to do little for ESD but everyone buys into it. Finger cots will add more flare as well. Wet concrete works the best for flooring, but seems to have a tendency to dry, thus losing it conductivity. Therefore
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 20:47:10 EDT 2002 | russ
A company I used to work for did not use wrist straps in some areas for the same reason. We had a conductive floor (not dissipative wax) and ESD shoes and heel straps that we tested three times a day. If you can ensure that feet are always on the fl
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 08 13:31:35 EDT 2009 | rway
Stephen, This link was also in my earlier post. "The wrist strap cord has a current-limiting resistor for personnel safety." http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/pkginfo/Ch_06.pdf
