Q: What is the difference between anti-static and static dissipative floors? Which floor will be better to use if I’m going to have an electronic assembly line? A: Anti-static is not the proper term to use for ESD flooring. Anti-Static refers to the ability to...
Q: What does ASTM F2413-05 compliant mean? A: I’ve got the document from the American Society for Testing and Material Standards (ASTM) in front of me now. They sent me a copyrighted document on June 2nd of 2005. It’s significance and use section is pretty...
Q: What should be the required Ground Rod-to-earth resistance? is it less than 2ohms or less than 25ohms? A: I am going to consult my document on Grounding-For the Protection of Electrostatics Discharge Susceptible Items (ANSI/ESD S6.1-2005), an ESD Association...
Q: We always face a problem of selling your anti-static/dissipative vinyl floors to our clients. What is the solution for client satisfaction if they want to make sure the vinyl floor is anti-static or not and if the vinyl floor works as a dissipate of current. A: The...
Q: We have an ESD tile floor in our testing lab. During a recent AS9100 audit we were asked why we don’t use wrist straps. Since our ISO9100 & 2 certified calibration provider only uses them when they have to certify the repair of a system and we don’t...
