Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 07:53:52 EDT 2013 | ehess
Does anyone have any input on ESD Epoxy flooring, positive or negative?
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 10 19:11:58 EDT 2006 | Rfredericks
Hello, I've ran into information claiming that ESD dissipative floor mats and laminate is not effective unless paired with ESD footwear or heel straps. Can anyone confirm or deny? Thanks! -OtheRuss
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 12:37:56 EDT 2006 | realchunks
Rob is right. ESD flooring is "Conductive" which means it can drain ESD from the body. But if you have an insulated shoe, it does not good, the ESD remains on the body. Now if you wear a smock, then you can rub ballons in your hair and touch any
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 17:56:35 EDT 2006 | fredericksr
Are you insinuating that smocks are, in fact, not magical electrical portals to a land of electron hopscotch and ice cream?
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 09:32:26 EDT 2006 | Rob
Correct. Remember, you need the charge to flow to earth from yourself, the heel strap/conductive shoes etc. facilitate this, otherwise you would stay charged no matter how good the floor was.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 11:31:33 EDT 2013 | ehess
were you forced to reapply over time? thanks for the input.
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 13:39:49 EDT 2006 | russ
Dissipative flooring is not really "conductive" so to speak. what it does is (supposedly)dissipate charge as it accumulates on the surface of mat. Does this mat have a ground lug on it? Responses are correct, unless you can get conductivity between
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 12:06:20 EDT 2013 | rgduval
We only reapplied in areas where significant wear was observed. As I mentioned, shop chairs moving back and forth, combined with lead trimmings and other debris led to scraping and peeling over time. Other than that, no, we did not re-apply over
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 19 09:14:37 EDT 2013 | rgduval
I've used it at my last two companies, and quite like it. The base floor has to be prepared correctly, so that the epoxy bonds correctly, but, it's easy to maintain, and is pretty durable. Repeated movement of bench chairs over it does cause wear
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 19 19:06:14 EDT 2005 | Dreamsniper
Kick Out the Salesman from your manufacturing floor! We had that when I was with Commodore B.V. and if you use their tester it passes but if you use other ESD testers it fails. crap!
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