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ESD Vinyl Tile / Static Control Tile | Forbo Tile
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- In most electronics manufacturing environments people are the single, major cause of static problems.
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In most electronics manufacturing environments people are the single, major cause of static problems. When even the simple movement of arms or hands or walking across the floor can generate electrostatic charges as high as several thousand volts, reducing personnel-generated static charges is a primary objective of static control programs. "Static Fact: the simple movement of arms or hands or walking across the floor can generate electrostatic charges as high as several thousand volts"
Although wrist straps are often considered as a primary tool in the controlling of personnel-generated static, companies are turning to the use of flooring materials (and footwear) as an effective static control component.
Floor materials (and proper footwear) perform two primary static control functions: they reduce the generation and accumulation of electrostatic charges at the interface of the shoe with the floor and they dissipate existing charges from personnel and moving equipment that are in contact with the floor material.
Various studies, tests and practical experience have shown that the combination of static control flooring and footwear can reduce static generation from several thousand volts to less than a hundred volts. Also, the combination dissipates static charges from the body very rapidly when a person steps or wall
