Describing your own company as the industry leader? Nope. Regularly posting product news releases? News releases are usually free, so why not. Showing products at trade shows? We all do that. Getting on industry committees? Good for my LinkedIn profile. The truth is, these are all marketing or what you might call lobbying efforts. So,
No matter how you slice and dice a project, an ESD floor is a major investment. For most specifiers, buying smart while saving money is a critical strategy, mandated from above. The sixty-million-dollar question is always, how do you invest judiciously – i.e., use money wisely without ending up with a product that forever looks
Have you been asked to select a flooring material that’s supposed to eliminate or minimize static charges on people when they walk on the floor? What do you call such a floor? Section 09 61 36 of The Construction Specifications Institute calls a floor designed to prevent static discharge a Static-Resistant Flooring Treatment. That makes
A major part of any ESD control program is getting proper flooring in place. How can one replace a floor without generating any debris?
A well-designed, comprehensive, fully realized program is a must for manufacturers serious about ESD control. Realizing the need for static protection, electronics companies have, for years, invested in wrist straps, bins, bags, table mats, and ionizers. What do these firms get for their money? Some organizations realize immediate improvements—both in yield and reduction of field
Conductive and Static-dissipative are descriptive terms. These terms describe electrical resistance categories with wide variation, and NO industry flooring standards are based solely on these descriptions. End-user applications like PSAPs, critical call centers, and FAA flight towers require the use of floors measuring above 10E6 (1.0 x 106), which fall into the dissipative range. But
Concrete contamination and inadequate floor prep prior to installing the epoxy vapor barrier resulted in an improper bond. ESD vinyl tiles peeled easily from the floor, with the vapor barrier attached to the tile backing. Before installing an ESD floor, it’s crucial to be sure the subfloor has been properly prepped. The GIST: Ensuring a
You’re constructing a new facility, covering an old floor as part of a renovation project, or repurposing a workspace, and need to install a floor with ESD protection. You’re smart; you’ve done the research. To comply with the personnel grounding parameters in the 2014 version of ANSI/ESD S20.20, the ESD standard for electronics manufacturing and
You finally received your new portable ohm meter with the five-pound probe and someone showed you how to use it. Just drop the two five-pound probes on the floor, connect leads to the meter and hit the test button. That’s all you need to do. Right? Not even close. Let’s start with your mission. What
Whether or not bare concrete prevents static is a common question—and one any facility manager with a concrete floor should ask. If bare concrete grounded and inhibited static reliably, with measurable results, it would certainly be an inexpensive ESD flooring option. First, let’s be clear about the material: by bare concrete, we mean breathable—in other