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Headaches over ESD shoes

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Do you encounter problems to select and qualify ESD shoes for your company? If your answer is YES, here is to shed some light to your problems.
There are quite a number of people who actually do not know which ESD shoes is suitable for their company. As a result, ESD shoes are normally bought based [...]

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The simple way of checking ESD gloves and finger cots

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

It is a common sight to see workers in electronic manufacturing industry wearing some kind of gloves or finger cots while working with the products.
Workers wear gloves or finger cots to protect the products from being damaged by contamination, finger prints or scratches from the wearer.
In most electronic manufacturing industries, ESD gloves and finger cots [...]

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Using ESD shoes as primary personnel grounding method

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Static electricity or imbalance of electrical charges are formed when two materials come into contact and then are separated.
The presence of this static electricity causes much nuisance to many people especially during the winter period when the air is cold and dry. Sparks and static shocks are some of those common experiences.For many organizations, preventing [...]

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Get to know your wrist strap

Monday, June 25th, 2007

There are a few types of wrist strap available in the market place.
As wrist straps are the focal element in an ESD Control, therefore it is important to buy a correct wrist strap before use.
When we think about a wrist strap, we always think of a wrist strap band and its cord.
The band can either [...]

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ESD smock

Monday, March 5th, 2007

As the electronic devices are getting smaller in geometry, they become more susceptible to ESD damage.  More and more ESD protective equipments and materials are manufactured and made available in the market place to help companies to combat their ESD problems. Some of the commonly used protective equipments and/or materials are wrist straps, heel straps, [...]

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Personnel Grounding

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Static charges that are developed within a person’s body through multiple contacts and separations between the bottom sole of his shoes and a floor are harmful to ESDS items. ESD wrist straps, heel straps or ESD shoes are commonly used to drain or remove these charges from the person’s body. 

ESD wrist strap  An ESD wrist strap [...]

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